Dear Business Owner / Resident,
I am writing to let you know about proposals to resurface Clemens Street and improvements. The Council currently have a formal consultation about this for you to give your views.
Lots of people have contacted me in recent years about the poor states of the road and the bricked ‘raised tables’ in particular so I am glad this is being addressed.
I am also pushing for the Council to make improvements that will give Clemens St more of a sense of place and encourage more people to spend time shopping here. I’d like to hear your views on this before the final decisions are made. The key proposals are to:
- Resurface the road in normal black tarmac. This will be easier to maintain than the broken up buff colour at the moment and be much better than the moment!
- Resurface 3 of the brick raised tables in green tarmac to match the lamp posts and bins where it’s easiest for pedestrians to cross . It’s proposed the other 2 raise tables currently in brick would be resurfaced black. Put a small build out on one of the raised tables to help pedestrians cross beween parked cars.
- Introduce a 20mph limit from the canal bridge. This is to bring it in line with all the other shopping areas e.g. Parade and Bath St.
- Put an extra raised table and pedestrian central ‘refuge’ opposite Procaffeinate to encourage pedestrians crossing at this point.
- Repaint all the bollards and remove some unnecessary ones.
- Put ‘Welcome to Clemens Street’ banners on lamp posts and on the central refuge near the canal bridge.
- Separate to this proposal I am pushing for improved signage from the station to Clemens St so visitors don’t miss our great shops!
Yours faithfully,
Jonathan Chilvers
Councillor, Leamington Brunswick
