£300k operation begins on “busy artery”

Saturday 29 September 2018

Major works on Longueville Road will start on Monday, as part of a £300,000 drive to make one of the island’s busiest arteries safer for pedestrians.

The 10 weeks of works, which come following calls for increased safety and traffic calming measures by St. Saviour parishioners, will see:

• Signal-controlled crossings installed at the Miladi Parade Shops and the end of the footway from Clos Gosset
• Yellow box junctions created at Rue des Pres and Plat Douet Road
• Dropped kerbs and tactile paving added to Plat Douet Road and Clos Gosset

The work will begin at Clos Gosset, before moving towards Miladi Parade.

Kevin Lewis, St. Saviour Deputy and Minister for Infrastructure, warned that there will be “some disruption while this work takes place”, but added: “The short-term inconvenience is necessary for these developments, which will make a great difference to the community.”

Pictured: Minister for Infrastructure, Deputy Kevin Lewis.

Developed by a project board including Parish of St. Saviour officials, the Department for Infrastructure and other local representatives, the £0.3million proposals for what Deputy Lewis described as a “busy artery” were then put out to consultation where they were said to have received widespread community support.

A widened footway to create space for a new bus shelter and the installation of a signal-controlled pedestrian crossing are also planned for the bus layby near the Victor Hugo Wine Warehouse.

However, this work will not get underway until early 2019.