The Hockley Primary Pedestrian Route is part of a project to invest in a network of primary pedestrian routes between the City Centre and the surrounding inner city communities. The routes provide key pedestrian access through the regeneration areas, improving what are at present traffic-dominated parts of the City. The public space is redistributed in favour of walking and cycling.
The focus is on improving the environment for pedestrians but the opportunity was taken to improve traffic management including reviewing street signing and road markings, and improving the route for cyclists.
It is proposed to implement the scheme in phases.
For Hockley, the scheme has included:
- widen the footway on side of the street
- close the middle part of the street to traffic, thus discouraging traffic
- create a café seating area
- create a new ‘square’
- provide high quality paving, with highway and pavement on an even level
- improve street furniture
- plant trees
- improve the cycle lane on the other side of the street
- remove unnecessary signing and road markings
- removal of parking spaces
- removal of taxi clearway