Kent Design - Technical Appendix - Kent County Council

2.1.4 TOWN EDGE SCENARIO 1
This example shows a village green incorporating a combination of
streets and lanes responding to their location and interaction with
routes and buildings. The different types of lanes are designed to
minor access way, minor access road and homezone standards as
appropriate to situation. The street acting as the main traffic access
is designed to a major access road standard due to linking the village
to the town centre.
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2.1.5 TOWN EDGE SCENARIO 2
The second town edge scenario combines a street, courtyard and
square homezone. The street is designed to a major access road
standard with the courtyard access directly off designed to minor
access way standards. This convergence reacts to the location of the
junction, using it as natural traffic calming by developing the junction
as a multi-purpose node.
These four examples begin to show how a variety of spacial types can
be designed using differing highway standards depending upon the
FIGURE 4 - TOWN EDGE SCENARIO 1
number, type and disposition of dwellings the highway is serving and
the appropriate target speed required.
The ability to design a variety of spacial types to differing highway
standards should enable the design team to introduce variety and
appropriateness into highway layouts. These should be integral to the
whole scheme’s concept and therefore increase the opportunities for
the individual designers to respond positively and collectively to the
locality in enhancing a sense of place.
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FIGURE 5 - TOWN EDGE SCENARIO 2