News on University Route Stirling

Hello all!

We have been extremely busy preparing for the next public drop-in session where you will be able to view and comment on the first draft of our proposals!

We are hosting this event on Wednesday the 26th February at the Cowane Centre , and you will be able to drop in any time between 1.30pm and 6.30pm.

This project will look to enhance two key corridors, and we hope you can help us on this journey to achieve the aims below:

Forth Valley College to Upper Craigs Route

• Build on the planting along the route to create a green corridor from the city centre to Forth Valley College

• Draw people from the city centre to the Smith Art Gallery and the City Park by enhancing Albert Place as part of the city centre;

• Provide an active travel corridor to the Forth Valley College and connections to Castleview Business Park;

• Develop an active travel environment and an actively travelling community in Raploch, including a community street design project along Raploch Road;

• Link Raploch to the green space at Kings Park and the other destinations to the south of the city; and

• Provide active travel and placemaking enhancements in the city centre

The University to Train Station Route

• Provide a high quality route linking the city centre, specifically Stirling rail and bus stations, to Stirling University – unsurprisingly, our busiest active travel route;

• Link the Causewayhead, Cornton and Raploch communities to the city centre and to learning opportunities;

• Improve active travel opportunities for visitors between the city centre (including the Castle), Stirling Bridge, the river and the Wallace Monument;

Working together, we can design and build two key active travel corridors that will have the following benefits:

• An active travel culture across all our communities;

• Modal shift through connecting places and people and encouraging more people to walk and cycle;

• Health benefits from more active travel and improved streetscapes;

• Reduced congestion and improved management of the traffic growth arising from the essential growth of the city;

• Reduced carbon emissions and improved local air quality;

• Enhanced satisfaction with the local environment – including enhanced sense of security - through placemaking, again helping people to choose walking and cycling;

• Improved safety, especially for the more vulnerable cyclists;

• Improved social inclusion through improved accessibility to education, employment and local facilities especially for the communities

• Street environments which are usable by all especially people with mobility difficulties; and

• More use of public transport.