Plans to change the highway format on Causeyside Road will wreck the “finest road there's in Paisley” in line with the proprietor of a revered enterprise there.
Kenneth Fallon, proprietor of Kenneth Edwards Salon has been working within the space for 33 years and says he is aware of a factor or two in regards to the city, having lived there his complete life.
Kenneth fears that the plans for the redevelopment of Causeyside Road will result in fewer clientele having the ability to entry the companies alongside the highway, as a substitute of extra, as is the council’s intention with the plans.
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He mentioned: “We moved the enterprise right here ten years in the past as a result of it’s the one busy thoroughfare in Paisley. I’m not averse to alter, however to alter every part that is down right here simply to get two cycle lanes in and since that is all that is about. That is not what the purchasers need, and any good enterprise has to hearken to their demographic.
“I do not know if there’s been any surveys completed, there may be an odd one or two in favour, however when you take the ratio of people that need to journey by automobile, albeit, it may not be the perfect for the planet and all that stuff. Please do not kill Causeyside Road. We’ve bought a very good factor going right here and Paisley is on its knees”
The plans, that are at present on the session stage, with the general public being invited to touch upon them, would see a three-metre, two-way cycle lane put in on the west facet of Causeyside Road from Paisley Canal station as much as Excessive Road. The pavement would preserve its present width of three.6 metres up till New Road at which level it will change into three metres.
It could additionally try to make the highway safer for pedestrians by growing the width of crossing islands at junctions reminiscent of that with Canal Road and by putting in signalised crossings on the junction.
The highway would even be diminished from two lanes in every course to a single lane, measuring 3.3 metres every (3.45 metres from New Road), with parking on both facet.
Renfrewshire Council say that there's “potential” for 51 extra parking areas to be created by eradicating the yellow strains south of the Canal Road junction.
Kenneth says that if the plans go forward he might need to consider taking his enterprise elsewhere. And he thinks others will observe swimsuit.
“There’s a marketplace for huge retailers in Paisley, however they do need to be throughout the confines of the excessive road as a result of there is not any parking, there is not any thoroughfare. They need to be someplace the place folks can go of their vehicles.
“I’m not going to sit down about and anticipate them to wreck it for me right here, I’ll transfer elsewhere, why try to repair one thing that’s not damaged.”
The council say that with the local weather change disaster nicely and actually upon us, it's important that Paisley strikes in the direction of sustainable transport choices.
Talking in regards to the plans, Councillor Michelle Campbell, Convener of Renfrewshire Council's Infrastructure, Land and Setting Coverage Board, mentioned: “"With local weather change excessive on our listing of priorities as a Council, it is vital that we encourage sustainable transport wherever doable and the brand new cycle route could be an important addition as it will join our two city centre prepare stations, in addition to be a part of the Nationwide Cycle Route 7 - with the plans additionally making it safer and simpler for folks to stroll by way of this a part of city and utilise bus providers.”
An analogous mission on Sauchiehall Road in Glasgow led to an 80 per cent enhance within the variety of folks coming into the world by way of bike between 2018-2020, and for these leaving the world, there was a 606 per cent rise, in line with information from Glasgow Metropolis Council.
The plans might be seen right here, the place you can too depart your suggestions on the survey.
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