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Catharine Place through-traffic restriction

The Catharine Place through-traffic restriction is being installed under an experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO) for a minimum of six months from summer 2024. 

It is one of three linked restrictions in the Lower Lansdown ETRO trial, which is part our Liveable Neighbourhood programme. Its aim is to prevent motorists from using residential streets in the area as a short cut to and from the A46/M4.

During the trial, we will monitor its impacts and seek residents’ views in a six-month public consultation.

Overview of the Catherine Place trial

Under the trial we will create a through-traffic restriction by placing a row of bollards across Catharine Place. This will allow pedestrians, cyclists and people with mobility aids to pass through, but not motor vehicles. 

Vehicle access to homes will be from either side of the restriction. To allow vehicles to turn, up to three parking spaces will be removed. In an emergency, service vehicles would be able to remove the bollards.

You can view more details using the map and annotations below.

Trial details

An annotated map of the Catharine Place area as part of the wider Lower Lansdown ETRO.

The following annotations correspond to the numbered map above:

  1. We will place a set of bollards placed across Catharine Place between Margaret’s Buildings and Rivers Street Mews. Space to turn vehicles will be provided on either side of the bollards. 
  2. A secure cycle parking facility for residents (known as a ‘cycle hangar’) will be retained to the south side of the bollards.
  3. One ‘permit-holder-only’ parking bay will be removed opposite 2 Rivers Street Mews to improve visibility and enable turning.  
  4. Two ‘permit-holder-only’ parking bays will be removed outside 3 Catharine Place to provide a turning space.

You can view more details of the whole scheme, including the Gay Street and Winifred's Lane trials, by downloading our simplified technical drawings.

Find out more

For more detail on the trials, you can:

You can contact us and talk to an advisor or request this information in an alternative format by emailing us at LNs@bathnes.gov.uk, or calling 01225 394025 and requesting a call back from a team member.