News on Raploch Street Design

On Tuesday, Raploch Street Design team put up a community noticeboard with the help of local residents, in the corner of Huntley Crescent with Raploch Road. The owners of the Great Wall takeaway kindly volunteered to have the noticeboard on their wall. We have now made copies of the noticeboard’s key so that community members can have them and put up leaflets and adverts for local activities. If you would like to have a copy of the key, please email Irene at Irene.tortajada@sustrans.org.uk . There is a limited number of keys, but we’ll do our best to ensure the community can access the board by getting in touch with the key holders directly.

We are now working on a sign for the noticeboard, which will read ‘Raploch Community Noticeboard’ and will provide details about who to get in touch with if you’d like to advertise a local event in the board.

Coming up soon is our new video, explaining the thinking behind adding benches and planters to the street and other quick interventions. In this video, Anne, one of the local champions of the project, explains her view of Raploch Street Design and why she decided to get involved. Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you’d like to be part of the project too, by emailing Irene at Irene.tortajada@sustrans.org.uk . We will be sharing the video on social media and in this blog soon.

Community Liaison Group: Active Travel Workshop

Everyone from the Raploch is free to join our quarterly community group meetings. Our next session will be the 8th of February at 11am in Raploch Community Campus, Room 2. We will discuss barriers to active travel and accessibility issues that we identified throughout the project’s activities.

The workshop will be interactive and practical, and your feedback and ideas will advise our Behaviour Change Recommendations Report, which we will write at the end of the project.

Session 3: Co-Design

Since our Launch Session in September, we have gathered comments and suggestions from over 300 people about the project area. Based on all this information, we have come up with some design options, and now we need your feedback to make sure we got them right.

So join us for the Raploch Street Design Session 2: Co-Design!

This is a public event taking place on the 15th of March at Raploch Community Campus, and you are welcome to drop-in at any time from 1 pm till 7 pm. Free refreshments will be provided throughout the session, as well as a finger buffet in the evening.People of all ages and abilities are encouraged to attend, as we look to ensure the event is accessible to everyone. We can provide transport on request, so don’t hesitate to get in touch.There will also be activities for children and toddlers, so do bring them along!