Williams Way and St Julian’s Crescent in Shrewsbury opening Tuesday 18 December

The new roads Williams Way and St Julian’s Crescent, built by Fletcher Homes at the St Julian’s Friars development site in Shrewsbury, will be opened to traffic on Tuesday 18 December 2012 at 10am. 

Traffic will operate in a one-way anticlockwise direction from Town Walls, past St Julian’s Friars Car Park, across the junction with St Julian’s Friars and through to the junction next to English Bridge. 

The new traffic flow arrangements will be clearly signed with ‘one-way’ and ‘no entry’ signs.  All traffic wishing to access St Julian’s Friars Car Park, BT, the bowling clubs and St Julian’s Mews will need to travel up Beeches Lane (Town Walls), taking a left-turn into Williams Way just before the BT building.  This new road leads down to St Julian’s Car Park. 

Traffic flow arrangements on St Julian’s Friars will remain the same, but traffic will not be permitted to make a right-turn to the car park next to the old toilet blocks due to the one-way flow on Williams Way.  Details of an experimental closure of St Julian’s Friars at Wyle Cop will follow in the New Year. 

Williams Way, St Julian’s Crescent and the end of St Julian’s Friars are all included within a Restricted Parking Zone, where parking restrictions are shown on upright signs next to the road only and not by yellow markings.  Loading is permitted only in designated areas and general parking is not permitted on these roads at all.  Shropshire Council civil enforcement officers will be patrolling the new roads to ensure residents and traffic are not obstructed by illegally-parked vehicles. 

The existing town centre 20mph zone speed limit is being extended to the east of English Bridge, to include the new roads. 

Simon Jones, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member responsible for highways, said:

“We advise people to please take care when using these roads.  Please look out for traffic signs depicting the new arrangements, and anticipate that others may not have seen or understood the signs.  Be aware of people walking and on bicycles at the junction with St Julian’s Friars.” 

Andrew Bannerman, local Shropshire Councillor for Quarry and Coton Hill, said:

“Council officers have worked very hard to respond to residents’ concerns about this road. I would like to thank all the residents who have contributed to the consultation.  We are developing this road system in stages, and we hope that people will give us their views and experiences at each stage.” 

All of the new restrictions are included in an experimental traffic order, where the first six months is a consultation period.  If people wish to comment on the new traffic arrangements they can email traffic.engineering@shropshire.gov.uk or write to: 

Highways and Transport, Environment, Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND. 

The new roads have been added to the gritting route, so will be treated as required from opening.  If people wish to report any problems, they should call 0345 678 9006.