Integrated Urban Development Plan (pdf) - Make It Kilmarnock

• The intersection of the A735 (Titchfield Street) with King
Street which serves as an important pedestrian link to
the retail centre of the town. The removal of pedestrian
barriers and the extension of the treatment of the
pedestrianised area across the junction will dramatically
improve the pedestrian environment, retaining the
required traffic capacity.
• Howard Park Place - the simplification of the traffic
layout provides an opportunity to end the axis of
John Finnie Street with the gate of the park. This
arrangement will also create a simple entry space for
traffic coming from south.
John Finnie Street - proposals
Design principles
All changes to road design and shared surfaces will be
undertaken with input from disabled and public transport
groups, and will build on best practice elsewhere.
Our recommendations for John Finnie Street build on a
combination of simple measures aimed at creating a legible,
low-speed traffic environment that responds to the existing
context and morphology of the street, and could be extended
to the rest of the one-way loop around the centre, once
converted to two-way.
A design speed (as distinct from a formal speed limit) of
around 18 mph would provide the starting point, informing
the dimensions, geometry, choice of materials and detailing
of the streetscape.
As a general principle, we would seek to establish a
carriageway width of 6 metres. This allows for two-way flows
of buses and other large vehicles. We would recommend
that the visual width (the driver’s perception of carriageway
widths) should be further reduced through a kerb detail that
extends the footway material into the carriageway.
The extension to John Finnie Street of the “Restricted Parking
Zone” already established in Bank Street would clarify
use of precious on-street space. Any on-street short-term
parking or loading bays would be defined in a distinctive
material from that of the carriageway to maintain consistent
visual widths. No yellow lines or further signs would be
required within the streets, avoiding the standard highway
characteristics common to many UK public spaces.
We would also recommend the removal of all centre lines and
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