News on Raploch Street Design

On 6th June, 120 people came together at our community celebration event to see the updated designs and to thank everybody involved with the Raploch Street Design Project from start to finish!

Children from all three primary schools, people living nearby, representatives from St Mark’s Church, Stirling Council Councillors, members of the Community Council and Raploch Community Partnership, business owners and residents from a local care home came along to take part in the celebrations and see the updated designs.

The designs were displayed for all to see, as well as the visuals and a plan for the temporary interventions on Huntley Crescent. Our team was on hand to explain how we’ve adapted these in response to your feedback – and to handout special branded cupcakes made for the occasion! You can find the updated designs on this page here.

Reimagining the streets, we hopped, jumped, and skipped our way across our chalked out trail to take part in two design walkabouts of the project area with the Rebel Writers group from Raploch Primary, the Junior Road Safety Officers from Our Lady’s Primary and local councillors Jim Thompson and Susan McGill.

The celebration was made even better by our friends from Stirling Active Travel Hub who brought along their cycle-powered smoothie maker and a selection of e-bikes for anyone to try.

We’d especially like to thank members of the Community Liaison Group who met for the last time a week before this event. The group has been vital to the success of the designs and we are happy to say that members are continuing to think about ways in which they can make a positive change in the community, and encourage more walking and cycling in the area.

What next? You can view the updated designs here alongside explanations of the changes in the design. The designs are now being handed over to Stirling Council with a view to construction in 2021.