Royal Shrewsbury Hospital walking schemes
Mapping
Using the green button below, you can take a look at the map of the proposed new walking schemes around the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The map will open in a new window in your browser, so you can readily cross-refer it with the table on this page listing the schemes. You can zoom in on the map using your browser zoom function if necessary. This function can be found from the menu in the top-right corner of your browser.
Scheme details
Please note that further route-specific walking recommendations are covered in the Shrewsbury cycling proposals.
- Key principle
- Attractiveness and comfort
- Strategic walking improvement recommendations
- 1/ Increase places for people to stop and rest whilst walking 2/ Upgrade crossings, such as through raised tables, over intersecting side-roads (eg Evolution Road) to prioritise pedestrian movement over vehicles directly serving desire lines
- Key principle
- Directness
- Strategic walking improvement recommendations
- Investigate potential of reconfiguring Mytton Oak Road / Toronto Avenue Roundabout to a signalised junction to reduce vehicle dominance and deliver direct crossing facilities
- Key principle
- Safety
- Strategic walking improvement recommendations
- Improved lighting on cut-throughs to the hospital zone (eg Westhope Road)
- Key principle
- Coherence
- Strategic walking improvement recommendations
- Improve signage to different buildings within the hospital as well as signage to destinations outside the 'central walking zone'