Traffic Assessment - Renfrewshire Council

Figure 2.1 A8 Greenock Road Junctions
2.30 The vehicular access strategy for the consented Masterplan consists of creating 2 new
roundabouts (and access roads) onto the A8 Greenock Road, to the north and south of the existing
Bishopton Village. At the time of printing this report, the construction of the north roundabout is
nearing completion while site clearance works have started at the southern roundabout.
2.31 The third point of access will be via Station Road, via Greenock Road, where vehicle access will be
restricted only to the community facilities immediately south of the railway line and to the station’s
east car-park for park and ride. Renfrewshire Council stated at a meeting on 31 October they
consider the visibility from Station Road to Greenock Road is substandard. JMP would advise that,
having undertaken a site visit, we would agree that visibility is restricted, particularly to the left.
2.32 Station Road, as its name suggests, provides access to the rail station and to part of the proposed
development site. The existing road has frontage development along its length including a shop.
There are parked cars along most of the length of the road associated with the frontage
development. Some of the parking is likely to be associated with park and ride for the rail station
when the formal off-street parking facilities are full. There is a rail over-bridge on the access to the
development site which has a restricted height and width of 3.2 metres and 4.5 metres
respectively. There is currently no formal pedestrian footway under the bridge at present.
Local Road Infrastructure Improvements
2.33 A number of improvements have been proposed in order to accommodate traffic generated by the
proposed development and to mitigate the impact on the local road network.
Job No Report No Issue no Report Name Page
SCT3526 1 1 Dargavel Village
Proposed Village Core Development
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