Colne, Pendle - Safer, Greener, Healthier Streets project

Overview

Colne, Pendle 

This project includes various improvements to local streets within the area surrounded by Albert Road, Guysyke, Rigby Street, and Lord Street, including the streets around Lord Street Primary School. 

 The works will provide new wider pavements and will introduce safety improvement measures for pedestrians, consisting of raising the road to meet the kerb level (raised tables) with tactile paving at junctions. These measures will help to improve overall road safety, prioritise pedestrians, manage traffic flows and reduce speeds.  

The junction by the Leisure Centre at Bridge Street and Guysyke will be redesigned to improve visibility, reduce traffic speeds, and improve the walking route between the town centre and the train station.  The revised junction layout will result in minor adjustments to the existing signalised crossing and bus stops on Albert Road.  

Signal crossing facilities will be added to the Albert Road / Lord Street / Sutherland Street junction to improve pedestrian safety and the walking route to the town centre and Lord Street Primary School.  

The Lord Street / Rigby Street / North Valley Road junction outside the school will also benefit from adding signal crossing facilities, which will help parents and children safely walk to school and improve the school’s access to the woodland area they use for their outdoor classes. Forthergill Street will made one way (northbound) and the pavements next to the school will be widened, with tree planning in the footway buildouts to improve greenery and make the area in front of the school less car dominated, safer and more attractive for pedestrians.  

In response to residents concerns we have altered the proposals for the Queen Street / Rigby Street junction area. We have removed the original proposals for double yellow lines and removed the tree planting. We have also made Rigby St one-way to allow the introduction of parking bays on Rigby St. The priority of the junction will be changed so that Queen Street traffic needs to give way. This will improve safety and reduce traffic speeds on Queen Street.

The technical drawings for the proposed designs for the project can be viewed here: Designs for Colne, Pendle - Safer, Greener, Healthier Streets project