Draft Ringwood Town Acccess Plan

The Ringwood Town Access Plan has been developed by Hampshire County Council in partnership with New Forest District and Ringwood Town Council, its aim is to improve access to facilities and services within the town.

The draft Plan puts forward a set of proposals and schemes which aim to:

• Improve accessibility throughout Ringwood by all sustainable modes of transport, notably walking, cycles and public transport;
• Enhance Ringwood as an important centre to live, work and visit;
• Support the local economy by providing improved transport infrastructure;
• Promote social inclusion and access for all;
• Integrate transport proposals with land use development, and
• Reduce the adverse impact of traffic

We want to hear your views

If you live, work, go to school or travel within Ringwood, we want to know what you think about our plans to improve the area for walking and cycling as well as for those travelling by public transport and car. Within the Ringwood TAP a variety of improvement schemes are proposed, (for details see chapter 5), and your views are being sought.

The consultation period runs from 18 October to 30 November 2010 . We would like to hear your views on the proposals in the Ringwood TAP.

In Person

If you would like to see a printed copy of the Ringwood TAP document, you can do so by visiting the following locations:

• Ringwood Town Council, 71 Christchurch Road, Ringwood, Hampshire. BH24 1DH. (9.00 am -5.00 pm Monday- Thursday, 9.00 am – 4.45 pm Friday, closed for lunch between 1.00 and 2.00pm);
• Lymington Town Hall, Avenue Road, Lymington;
• Appletree Court, Lyndhurst (8.45 am - 5.15 pm Monday to Thursday 8.45 am - 4.45 pm Friday).

Online

The full draft Ringwood Town Access Plan is avaialble on the New Forest District Council website: New Forest District Council - Ringwood Town Access Plan

You can send New Forest District Council your comments via their instructions on the website. Your comments will be reviewed and considered by Hampshire County Council, New Forest District Council and Ringwood Town Council.

Previous Consultation

Between 2002 and 2004 a series of Community Street Audits (CSAs) were jointly carried out by Hampshire County Council, New Forest District Council and Ringwood Town Council. The CSAs involved a group of community representatives walking selected routes in the town and commenting on barriers to access and movement from the perspective of different users. These have since been refreshed and the information gathered from these initial audits was used to help develop the former Walking and Cycling strategy and now the draft Ringwood Town Access Plan.