News on Raploch Street Design

This has been a busy week for the Raploch Street Design team. On Monday, Meg and Irene joined the Drip Road Clean Up organised by McDonald’s and Keep Scotland Beautiful. Together we managed to fill several bags in just one hour. Some of the comments we gathered online and at events raised concerns about litter in Drip Road and the Riverside path, so it was great to be able to do something about it so early on in the project. Community Link Officer Andy Davies from Stirling Council was able to join us too, which was much appreciated.

On Tuesday the Raploch Street Design team led a wheelchair, buggy and children’s audit of Raploch Road and the junction with Drip Road.

The views and concerns expressed by the groups will inform our design proposals, which will help make the street more accessible for everyone. Thanks very much to Active Stirling’s Raploch buggy walks, Raploch Primary and Stirling Area Access Panel for participating in the audit. Forthbank Care Home and Castleview Primary will also likely attend a future audit, which we really appreciate. Please subscribe to this page to stay informed.

Participants raised very important points during the audit. For example, the children shared they do not feel safe crossing Raploch Road at any of the formal crossings without an adult, because the cars are going too fast. For the same reason, the crossings felt unsafe for wheelchair users too.

Concerns were raised about the pavements as well, as they were uneven, which made walking with a buggy unpleasant and for wheelchair users sometimes painful and hazardous.

Furthermore, lack of dropped kerbs and kerbs being too high at side roads made it difficult for wheelchair users and people walking with buggies as they need to make a detour to be able to cross safely. Important notes on these locations were made by the team, based on the groups comments.

We are organising the Raploch Street Design second public event: Develop , which will take place on the 22nd November at St Mark’s Parish Church. The event will run from 3pm till 8pm , and everyone will be able to drop in at any time or join one of the design workshops, starting at 3:30pm and 5:30pm. Each workshop will take approx 1.5 hours.

There will be plenty of opportunities to share your views on design ideas at the event, and snacks and drinks throughout the session. At 5pm we will serve dinner, free for everyone to join. Remember to subscribe on the top right of this page to stay updated.