A continuous footway is a relatively new method of giving people priority over vehicles, where side roads join main roads. The level of the road surface at the junction is raised to the same height as the pavement, with gentle ramps for drivers.
The road surface also changes, to give the appearance that the pavement continues across the entrance of the side road. There are also ‘give way’ lines to show vehicles they have to give way to people crossing.
The government recently announced forthcoming changes to the Highway Code which will make it clearer that drivers have to give way to pedestrians who are crossing a side road junction.
We will provide continuous footways at each of the side road junctions with Upper Bristol Road within the scheme, except at Marlborough Lane and Little Stanhope Street. This is because these junctions experience heavier traffic, including frequent buses, which means they are less suitable for continuous footways. However, at the Little Stanhope Street junction, we will be improving the dropped crossings.