Hundreds of residents registered their views about the proposed transformation of Ryde Interchange.
Thanking all those who took part in the consultation, the Isle of Wight Council said it would need more time to properly consider so many wide ranging and detailed comments.
Launched in June, more than 300 people completed the online survey with the authority receiving a further 1,700 paper responses as well as representations from partners, such as Historic England.
The six-week consultation sought views from the community on the key elements which will define the look and feel of the area, including landscaping and planting, bus carriageway surfacing, kerbing, pedestrian paving and seating.
People were also invited to comment more widely on the scheme which will all be taken into account in the report to be discussed by Cabinet on 14 October.
Colin Rowland, the council’s director of neighbourhoods, said:
“Thank you to everyone who took part in the Ryde Interchange improvement consultation. The views we’ve received are key as we look to take this project forward.
“Due to the wide reaching and detailed comments in a great number of responses, it will take longer than anticipated to give all the feedback full consideration. This will obviously put more time pressure on the project but it is more important that this work is done properly at this stage.
Article continues below this advertisement “As such, we are now working closely with our partners and the Department for Transport to establish the best ways to recover this lost time to ensure the ongoing success of the scheme.”
The aim of the project is to increase connectivity for travellers at the gateway to Ryde while at the same time making the area around the interchange, pier and Esplanade a better and safer place for people to visit and enjoy as a destination in itself.
Therefore, the proposals seek to increase and improve public amenity space and to reorganise that space to reduce the dominance of motor vehicles and improving priority to pedestrians.
Other key elements of the wider project are being delivered by Wightlink — by transforming the disused tramway into a pedestrian and cycling boardwalk up the pier — and South Western Railway, which will refurbish the terminal building to create through access to the reinstated pier, new fully accessible toilets and expanded concessions.
WATCH: Island Echo reports on plans to regenerate Ryde Interchange.
I am all for changing the way is is now, and to get better access up the pier, but sadly cannot see people flocking to Ryde just to see charity shops !!
No, they will be going to the gleaming metropolis that will be the City of Newport instead for charity shops
“The aim of the project is to increase connectivity” Don’t need to be rebuilding anything to do that. Use the money to lobby the government to force Wightlink to offer crossings every 30 minutes all year and not just in the summer. Force wightlink to have replacement staff on call so if someone calls in sick the boats are not cancelled. Then, when that is done, Put a proper walk way in that will not be under water at high tide (like the proposed one will be). That is all that is needed, a lot less disruption than the proposed plan.
This council will take more time, but no more consideration at all, it’s a done deal with the developers and nothing will change.
Don’t fix it if it ain’t broke….!
What’s the point? Like they actually would take any notice and act on it. They’ll do exactly what they always intended no matter how many of us object to it.