Transport Infrastructure

Transport Infrastructure

Honiton Road and Heavitree Road bus priority changes reach next consultation stage

Devon County Council has approved the next stage of consultation on its bus priority proposals in the Heavitree Road “central” and Honiton Road “eastern” transport corridors.

Proposed Heavitree Road bus lane bus priority signals

Bus corridor consultation presents more incremental changes to Exeter road network

£2.4 million Heavitree and Pinhoe Road “upgrades” have “potential for an approximate four-minute journey time saving” at peak times along length of each corridor.

Heavitree & Whipton active streets trial scheme map

Heavitree & Whipton Active Streets trial consultation to restart as taxi bus gate use introduced

More than 4,000 responses submitted in first eleven weeks with 1,650 people attending public exhibitions on scheme intended to reduce motor vehicle through traffic and increase walking and cycling.

Heavitree & Whipton active streets scheme modal filter illustration

New Heavitree & Whipton Active Streets scheme public exhibitions

Devon County Council is holding two further public exhibitions to promote the scheme from 4.30-6.30pm on 12 September at Whipton Community Hall and 14 September at St Mark’s Church Hall.

Heavitree & Whipton active streets scheme illustration

Heavitree & Whipton active streets scheme trial begins

The first six months, to 2 February 2024, are a statutory consultation period during which residents and organisations are invited to comment on the scheme.

Exwick Road speed limit increase postponed

Devon County Council has postponed its plans to increase the speed limit along the length of Exwick Road from Redhills to Station Road, and to extend the increase along St Andrew’s Road, after admitting that public consultation responses to its plans had gone missing.

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