Five road safety complaints have been made over the past five years regarding the road, which has a very narrow section approaching a filter junction with Belmont Road and King’s Road and also has a very narrow footpath on both sides, which comes to an end in the narrow section.
In response, the States has considered options that have included introducing a one-way system and buying strips of land 1.2m wide from residents to enable the footpath to continue.
The land purchase offer only attracted limited support and could not proceed without agreement from all the landowners involved. The options for a one-way system were identified as creating challenges in neighbouring roads and an agreement could not be reached on a way forward.
The States said that those, and other, options remained on file, and declined to publish them in full when responding to a freedom of information request. It said disclosing full details could narrow options in the future. The road is likely to form part of a road infrastructure and improvement plan, due to be presented to the Environment & Infrastructure Committee before the end of the year.
Consideration has also been given to potential improvements at Belmont Road, the one-way road with parking along one side, between Queen’s Road and the filter junction with Les Croutes.
Four safety complaints have been made about this road, which has width restrictions for through traffic and parking.
The States said it had considered changing parking arrangements to reduce the need for vehicles to mount the pavement, and thought about installing road humps, but it was concerned about noise implications for residents.
The other option of removing on-street parking altogether would lose valuable spaces and could encourage vehicles to drive faster.
E&I said it would ‘continue to progress road safety improvements where these are practical, proportionate and deliverable, giving consideration to areas of known concern and balancing safety, access, deliverability and the needs of the island as a whole’.
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