We, the undersigned, ask that you halt the current proposal to pedestrianise Princess Victoria Street and work with the community to develop a sympathetic plan to improve the pollution, welfare and vitality of the village for the benefit of all.

Councillor Paula O'Rourke and Bristol City Council are pushing ahead with proposals to pedestrianize Princess Victoria Street and completely change the dynamic of our lovely vibrant Clifton Village, which will have serious unintended consequences.

Residents and businesses alike are keen to work with the council to generate interesting ideas for reducing traffic and pollution to improve the environment for all, but sadly they do not want to work with the community and seem hell-bent on ruining the wonderful, dynamic with a rushed and ill-conceived plan.

The consequences of the proposed plan will be:

• Portland Street will be hugely busy as this will be the main vehicle entrance to the village for cars and lorries
• Princess Victoria Street from The Mall down will be the main road out of the village for cars and lorries, as well as remaining two-way.
• Princess Victoria Street between Waterloo St and The Mall will become unsightly with loading bays for the businesses and customers that will no longer have access to the frontages
• Waterloo Street will become the main exit route for delivery vehicles to PV street which will then have to exit via Portland Street again
• Sion Hill will be the main route for traffic (including lorries) to exit the village having been forced down PV street

If you add to these issues the loss of business that will result to your treasured independent shops when visitors and shoppers from North Somerset and the rest of Bristol are actively discouraged from coming here, the plan is clearly a disaster for our vibrant village.

We want the councillors and the council to halt their current proposal and properly work with the community to develop a sympathetic plan to improve the welfare of the village for the benefit of all without destroying it.

Please help us:

• By signing this petition.
• And/or contact your local Councillors (Cllr.Paula.ORourke@bristol.gov.uk and Cllr.Jerome.Thomas@bristol.gov.uk) and tell them your views (they will listen to you in the run up to the election) 
• Contact the council directly and ask them to stop the plan transport.engagement@bristol.gov.uk

If you do email the council and councillors, please send a copy to cliftonvillageproposals@gmail.com so there is a record of responses that we and the council can count.

Have your say. Join the conversation to develop a sympathetic plan to improve the welfare and vitality of the village for all.