Traffic and parking on the Ware Road (east of Gallows Hill) are intractable problems because the road does not have the capacity and space to meet all the demands made on it. It cannot carry buses, cyclists and pedestrians safely, and provide space for residents' parking, when it is also a main through route for general traffic, including lorries. To make any impact on the problem we have to think outside the box. What about blocking it off roughly where the viaduct is, so that it becomes 2 culs-de-sac, one from Ware to the viaduct, and the other from the Gallows Hill roundabout to the viaduct? Through bus access could be maintained, controlled by rising bollards, and of course the cycleway and footpath would be uninterrupted. Other motorised traffic from Hertford to Ware would have to travel via the A414 (or Gallows Hill), Rush Green roundabout and over the A10 viaduct, to enter Ware by Westmill Road/Watton Road. Unfortunately, even if this idea were to find favour, it is probably outside the scope of a neighbourhood plan because of the effect it would have on other areas. But local traffic problems are probably insoluble without a wider vision, which makes me question the value of trying to deal with them at a neighbourhood level.
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as the various statistics show, Gallows Hill is already heavily used. I would think that Watton Road Ware is the same. surely any blocking of Ware Road between Hertford & Ware would just see all that E-W traffic trying to use these roads as the nearest alternatives - making them unworkable through congestion?
I just wondered if Peter Norman's interesting suggestion regarding Ware Road being made into culs-de-sac (July 2020) was explored further in the Transport and Parking Working Group?
Something really does need to be done in relation to Ware Road as, aside from the proposed **mass rapid transit route, which is dependent upon a (somewhat controversial) Hertford Bypass - plus the prospect of further housing densification spewing more vehicles out onto an already congested highway, the outlook seems rather bleak.
**Draft A414 Corridor Strategy 2018 - segment 11 - p.247 (table showing timescales)
Package 23- Delivery Timescales:
‘End Points’ A Mass Rapid Transit system through Hertford is unlikely to be feasible until a bypass is in place. To provide a fast, efficient and direct east-west public transport service through Hertford, it will require a reprioritised highway network which can accommodate, for example, dedicated lanes for MRT and local bus services. These improvements need to be carefully timed to coincide as far as possible with the opening of a Hertford bypass.
Having queried this with HCC and the County Councillor, I was informed that... "traffic modelling on the consequences of the various options should help clarify what would actually be effective."
I am really warming to the idea of Ware Road being made into culs-de-sac in the manner previously described. Given that the approved A414 corridor (long term) strategy includes making the A119 part of Ware Road into a mass rapid transit route then why not do this sooner rather than later? As Peter suggests, take all the motorised vehicles (aside from buses) out. This would certainly ease the speeding, congestion, noise and air pollution relating to the almost 9,000* vehicle flow numbers along Ware Road daily.
*"Observing results from the daily 12 hr average flows on Ware Road, the traffic volume is approximately 5045 vehicles per day in the northeast-bound direction and 3697 vehicles per day in the southwest-bound direction. From the daily 12 hr average flows on Stanstead Road, the traffic volume is approximately 3675 vehicles per day in the eastbound direction and 3556 vehicles per day in the westbound direction." ITP 19009 Gallows Way/Ware Road Parking Study, HCC dated December 2017.
While this doesn't solve the problem of obstructive pavement parking, there is still hope that the government's promised, but seemingly delayed, consultation on pavement parking will, at the very least, lead to legislation enabling the delineation of pavements to guide drivers where to park and thereby prevent pedestrians having to walk out onto the road.
Dedicated cycle/scooter paths will also stop the extremely dangerous use of these vehicles on the pavement - something which is happening far too often.
Peter,
I completely agree that the East section of Ware Road is not suitable for the level and types of traffic imposed upon it plus the parking on the pavement to the South makes it difficult for pedestrians to use. As someone that primarily walks with a little bit of cycling I would love to see a segregated cycle path along Ware Rd from Hertford to Ware for commuting; as the Lea path is not really wide enough for both cyclists and pedestrians in the most part plus is not a direct route for most.
We'll discuss your idea in the Transport and Parking Working Group and will keep you posted
Your suggestions are commendable and would be rejected outright by HCC unless it formed part of the HSTT programme to encourage “more cars off our roads” I believe this should form part of KNP for the reasons you outline and if we lobby our councillors vigourously we might just get what you suggest - it’s down to local residents to get active rather than accept what we’re given