Nottingham City Council is carrying out consultation work with residents in Strelley before improving road safety along Strelley Road between Helston Drive and Drewry Island in the autumn.

Residents are being invited to have their say about what they think the problems along the road are and how they would like to see them tackled at a public consultation event. This event will be held at the Denewood Centre on Denewood Crescent on Thursday 8 May between 12noon and 8.00pm and Saturday 10 May between 12noon and 6.00pm.

Since January 2004 there have been 16 road traffic accidents reported to Nottinghamshire that resulted in personal injury on this particular stretch of Strelley Road. Over half of these accidents involved vulnerable road users, including; pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists

Nottingham City Council’s Accident Investigation Team has studied the Police reports and have come up with several proposals to improve road safety along this stretch of Strelley Road. These include:

• Better street lighting
• Improving the road surface and road markings
• Upgrading and installing new pedestrian crossing facilities
• Installing cycle facilities along this length
• Upgrading the bus stops
• Improving the zebra crossing west of Drewry Island so that it is easier for motorists to see at night
• Altering the traffic signal timings at Bridge Green Walk to give pedestrians longer time to cross the road.

To find out more about the road safety proposals for Strelley Road, please call Jennifer Williams, Accident Investigation Team on 0115 915 6544 or e-mail jennifer.williams@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or contact Navid Arif, Highway Design, on 0115 915 6237 or email navid.arif@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.