TNP 20 year Transport Plan

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TNP 20 year Transport Plan

• Issues identified by the Transport group
• Signage Torre Castle Circus signs need to be
  made clearer for entry into and exit from
  Torquay.
• Traffic light system on Newton Road needs to be
  looked at interconnection betweeen trading
  estates.
• Coach Station needs to be relocated to area
  around Torquay Station

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TNP - 20 year Transport Plan

• Fleet St pedestrian access across Cary
  Parade and Palk St needs to be imporved.
  Question as to whether the buses should be
  removed completely?
• Union St through to GPO island to become a
  multi-user area
• Harbour area to become semi-pedestrian with
  exclusion of buses from seafront. The
  development of the area could then be based on a
  Cafe culture style and used for recreation.
• Bus terminus/taxi rank to be moved to other
  areas.

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TNP Town Centre Transport Group

• The Princes Foundation's recommendation was to
  reverse the flow of traffic into and out of
  Torquay

They felt that the current traffic route does not
make the best impression when entering the town
centre.
The best views of Torquay are seen on the way out
of town as people leave.
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Torre regenerationProposed reversal of the
traffic flow at Torre starting from Newton Road
Facebook group page www.facebook.com/torretrafic
revesal
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Torre regeneration Making the most of the
features of St Mary Magdelane Church on the
skyline.
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Torre regeneration
Continue down upper Union St (turning left at
Trematon Rd for Lymington Rd and for proposed
supermarket), down through to Castle Circus
junction

• continue down Union Street, along Pimlico to
  Tesco's/GPO island.

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TNP Town centre transport group

• Initial meeting with
• Mike Watson, Stagecoach Manager
• on Thursday 28th April 2014
• To discuss TNF proposals for changes
• in bus routes around Torquay town centre

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TNP Town centre transport group

• Topics covered at meeting-
• Torre regeneration
• Castle Circus 2-way transport system
• Pedestrianisation of Fleet Street
• Relocation of bus stops on Harbour

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Fleet Street Pedestrianisation
Shoppers vying with buses
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Fleet Street Pedestrianisation
Shoppers vying with buses
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Fleet Street Pedestrianisation
Shoppers vying with buses
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Fleet Street Pedestrianisation
Shoppers vying with buses
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Newton Abbot - Courteney St pedestrianised
shopping area
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Newton Abbot - Courteney St pedestrianised
shopping area
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Proposed alternative stops for Fleet St
Pimlico already has a bus stop area at GPO
island.
By closing the top of Fleet St, other bus stops
could be established, with connections for X46 at
Castle Circus.
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TNP Town centre transport group Traffic route
out of 'town centre'

• from Tesco/GPO island up along Abbey Rd (still
  one-way system)

then either-
left down Shedden Hill or Lucius St to Abbey
Sands and Paignton/Brixham or travel straight
across via Tor Hill Rd and East St into Newton
Rd.
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The harbour-side and the Strand is
Torquay's main tourist area and also a
recreational area for residents.
Currently this area is used as aterminus/stopping
place for 15 buses
We need to relocate buses to other areas
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The Harbour Strand
This is what it should be like!
This is what it should be like!
This is what it should be like!
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The Harbour Strand
Instead we have- The Strand - terminus for 8
Buses
are
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The Strand
terminus for 8 Buses
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Harbour-side
Stopping point for 7 buses
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Harbour-side Strand
Main tourist seating area
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Proposed alternatives to bus stops on Harbour
area is on Torbay Road
Torbay Road already has bus stops and shelters
which are part of the current bus routes to
harbour area.


Proposed changes will mean buses will turn around
at Pavilion island on Cary Parade
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Traffic route out of 'town centre'

• Cars coming into Torquay along Torbay Rd will
  still be able to travel through Cary Parade to
  the Strand to access Babbacombe Rd, etc.

Buses from Paignton/Brixham will travel along
Torbay Rd as far as Pavilion island then return
down Torbay Rd to Belgrave Rd.
To access the proposed new supermarket, when
travelling north, buses will then travel via
Lucius St and Tor Hill Rd, across Castle Circus
junction into two-way traffic flow around Town
Hall and Lymington Rd.
Buses will then continue to Newton Abbot along
the Upton Rd route (the reverse of current route
in to Torquay)
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• Torquay Neighbourhood Plan
• Transport sub-group
• (in conjunction with Torbay Council's Local Plan)
• Subject to public consulation and referendum.
• Created and presented by
• Patricia Bishop, 2014