Planned Traffic Calming Works to Pearce Way and Roman Road
Wiltshire Councils Highways department are proposing a series of traffic calming measures to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists on Pearce Way and Roman Road.
Published: 18 November 2025
Pearce Way – from a point 10 metres north west of its junction with Applin Road to a point 52 metres north west of that junction
“Parallel Crossing” (a combined pedestrian and cycle crossing which has priority over the road which it crosses), the pedestrian crossing will be 2.4 metres wide and the cycle crossing will be 3 metres wide with a 400mm gap.
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at Pearce Way – from a point 23 metres north west of its junction with Applin Road to a point 33 metres north west of that junction proposes the installation of a Raised Traffic Table. The Table will be of full carriageway width, 5.4 metres in length with 1.5 metre ramps on either side, will have a maximum height of 100 millimetres, will have a maximum ramp gradient of 1 in 15.
It is further proposed to install speed cushions at Roman Road. Each speed cushion will measure 1600 x 1900mm with a ramp length of 600m and a
gradient of 1 in 8.6 and will form a method of reducing the speed of vehicles in the interest of road safety. The cushions will be situated on the following lengths of road: Roman Road, Laverstock and Ford – at a point approximately 33 metres north east of its junction with Green Lane and at Roman Road, Laverstock and Ford – at a point approximately 35 metres south west of its junction with Green Lane
Deposit copies of the proposals, plan and Statement of the Council’s Reasons for proposing to make the Order may be inspected at the offices of Wiltshire Council, County Hall, Bythesea Road, Trowbridge during normal office hours. Details of the proposed scheme may also be seen at Salisbury Library, Market Walk SP1 1BL during the hours of 10pm to 7pm Monday, 9am to 7pm Tuesday and Friday, 9am to 5pm Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday until 8th December 2025. Documents can also be viewed online at https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/troconsultations
Comments on the proposal together with the reasons for which they are made should be sent in writing to reach the Highway Assets and Commissioning, by email to TrafficOrderConsultations@wiltshire.gov.uk
See also documents below.
Documents
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