CTP Phase 4 Original ETROs - Formal Representations with personal data redacted Enquiry Reference Date Enquiry Detail Number 1 29/06/2018 St Pauls Road I wish to see evidence that the council has undertaken formal risk assessments with regard to the effects of displacement of traffic into surrounding streets on road and public safety. 2 29/06/2018 Hales Road Closing the Boots Corner scheme for general traffic is a very bad decision. Traffic will now spread to residential areas and the fumes from Diesel as well as Petrol will now invade residential areas to the detrimental health of all residents, especially children and older people!! The Cheltenham Borough Council has NOT listened to the residents of Cheltenham which is a disgrace and it is surprising that the County Council has agreed to execute this scheme! This will certainly have repercussions in the Ballot Box at future Elections !! Shame on both the County Council and Cheltenham Borough Council, especially Cheltenham Borough Council !!! 3 29/06/2018 Battledown Approach A terrible plan, with no thought for alternative routes. Going to create more pollution due to traffic and drive people out of town. The dying town centre will truly be dead. What a waste of money! Do any tax payers want this? 4 03/07/2018 Bishop's Cleeve Totally agree with scheme except being able to not drive through town because of existing restrictions- not sure routes are viable without causing chaos. You need to create a clear run and by stopping Clarence street you have pushed traffic to side streets. Create an alternative clear run and all will be fine. Maybe make Winchcombe street two way and take traffic out through past pitville school? 5 03/07/2018 Wincombe street I live on Winchcombe street, however to access my secured residential parking pace for my flat I need to gain acces to Albion place. Which would mean me driving across the other side of town as both roads in and out of Albion place are now bus lane only. I have lived in my flat for personal data removed and would like one of these roads to be accessed by residents as well as buses. I'm not happy to be driving in opposit direction to my parking space via matalan as this would add on more petrol and time. 6 04/07/2018 Collin lane Personal data removed. I am lucky to have managed to find a part-time job in the centre of Cheltenham. I currently park in St Georges place car park and use Clarence Street to gain access to the A46 in the direction of Prestbury. I have tested a few different routes an so far can only find a route adding around 15 extra minutes to my journey- largely due to the shear weight of traffic. I must cut through many residential areas not suited to the traffic and as someone who is not local I find it very hard to navigate the largely un-signed 'new' routes I must take.. I am going to have to reduce my working hours when the new plan comes into force resulting in a loss of income of 2 hours per week because I will not be able to complete my contracted hours each week due to the new route. My company are not happy at my reduction in hours and it is putting my job at risk. Its a shame because I contribute to the local economy as I shop and east my lunch on the high street. I think phase 4 will make life and the local roads more dangerous in residential areas. It will affect my ability to work in Cheltenham town center. I very much object to the lack of advice and support for people in my position. 7 04/07/2018 Pittville Street Hello there We have already started to lose business due to the closing of Pittville Street. Customers can't park outside to pick up heavy equipment, so they are going elsewhere. Do you have a solution to this please? Personal data removed. 8 04/07/2018 Bath Street This scheme does not provide safer passage for pedestrians as I witness each day as a result of the buses, taxis and emergency vehicles still using these roads. In addition there are no designated alternatives to Boots Corner so ratbruns have been created thus producing traffic issues elsewhere in town. Another stated aim of this scheme was to reduce traffic using Albion Street ring road to access Regent Car Park however this has effectively been done by closing other car parks and ensuring that there are never enough spaces in the car park. It seems that the interests of the members of Cheltenham BID (at least those in senior positions at The Brewery complex) have been fast tracked rather than the interests of all Cheltenham residents. 9 06/07/2018 I really need to take issue with you over this idea to block off main artery roads running through the centre of Cheltenham around Clarence Parade, Boots Corner and Winchcombe Street. I only found out about these changes a week ago on BBC West afternoon news. I don't get the Echo nor do I listen to local radio. My main point of anger is that I am a blue badge holder and cannot walk far due to a disability called Personal data removed. I have had to park in Portland Street Car Park today as it was the nearest I could get to a self employment meeting at the JobCentre. Not only was this very difficult for me regarding walking as my condition makes me prone to tripping and falling, BUT I now have to pay under NCP rules. If you do not permit me to park where I used to be able to in Winchcombe Street and the Prom by HSBC, the least you could do is to arrange that I, and others like me, park for free in car parks. What is more, the pavements coming into Town from the car park are not great. It seems to me that the person with ultimate responsibility has not consulted a qualified person on behalf of those with disabilities. Not all disabilities are wheelchairs and this seems to be forgotten by many people. I have looked at all of the information you have provided. Having 2 or 3 disabled bays dotted around is not a good idea as i could be driving around for a while to find a space, depending on whether I can actually drive along the roads i have known for years due to your changes. Please can common sense prevail. 10 09/07/2018 Brizen Lane The signage on Royal Well Road about the changes on Clarence St etc are not adequate due to their location. They are next to large trees and adjacent to a bus layby. Also nearby are Cheltenham Festivals banners which are very bright colours on the lamp post. The things around the signs are more prominent and when a large bus is parked right at the end of the layby it reduces the visibility of the sign. Also it is positioned too late for people to take decisive action to move into the right lane even if driving below the speed limit. It isn't really until the entrance to Clarence Street which makes it clear then it is too late. The signage needs to be repeated nearer to the entrance to the bus station on Royal Well Road and also there should be markings on the road. There are people driving through Boots Corner simply because the signage is inadequate not because they are trying to make some sort of point. 11 10/07/2018 Montpellier Grove The current trial closure of Boots corner has been implemented extremely poorly so far. Signage supporting this is extremely unclear and confusing (not to mention if you are turning left from Crescent Terrace you cannot see the signage - and once you have committed to that road you are stuck as it is a one way system). This trial has significantly made my daily commute to work (route is from Montpellier Grove to GE Aviation Systems by Bishops Cleeve) more difficult both ways as Boots corner was my main road into work. I've since found alternative routes but they are significantly more busy (currently I go via All Saints Road and through Pittville which is struggling with the increased traffic). I've noticed on my commute back from Bishops Cleeve an excessive amount of traffic blocking the Cheltenham hospital as a consequence of people using that very same route to return in the evening. Lastly, I feel this scheme is the worst of both worlds. Boots corner will not be pedestrianised whilst buses and taxis can still go through - so the only thing this is achieved is punishing residents, commuters, and local businesses. 12 10/07/2018 Gotherington The Boots Corner closure has been poorly conceived and is shambolic. I am personal data removed and have been driving in Cheltenham since I was 18. This is the worst change I have ever experienced. I regularly drive through Cheltenham from Lansdown Road to Pittville Park a journey that took just a few minutes. Since attempting to do the same journey since the closure I took 20 minutes and probably pumped out a lot more pollution trying to navigate the route without any guidance from signs. Your Q and A said you couldn't give alternative routes as it depended on the start and end point of the journey.