The high street in Knowle West could see major changes in the future, as Bristol City Council has begun asking people how they want it to look. The authority says it has capital funding to make 'major' changes to Filwood Broadway, and it is consulting residents on two options for how the road could look in the future, with traffic changes and more green space being proposed.
The consultation says that the 'locally-led Filwood Broadway Working Group has successfully bid for funding from the Create Streets Foundation to work with the community to agree a vision for what the changes to the public realm should be'. Some of the changes proposed in both options are the same, such as pedestrianising a section of Barnstaple Road outside the community centre, and introducing a new junction and improved road crossing to Creswicke Road. But there are some key differences between the choices.
The first option would see Filwood Broadway reduced to two-way traffic, with a central square created at the crossroads with Hartcliffe Road. North of Hartcliffe Road, the road would then make an S-bend to slow traffic.
