New Relief Road
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| Existing links and pressure on town centre | Proposed alternative routing avoiding town centre |
“A new relief road will alleviate traffic congestion and pressure on the town centre. The new development will be made up of a mix of university, housing and employment use with supporting local neighbourhood centres.”
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| Key route provides views to the cathedral and St Salvators Tower |
The proposed design provides a realigned street passing from Strathkinness High Road to the University Hub. The view along this street, eastwards towards the Cathedral, helps to provide a key structuring element for the northern part of the area. This link mirrors the scale and grain of Market Street.
The plan also connects the A91 directly with the western gateway hub to provide an alternative route through/from the town and mirrors the arrangement of North St/Market St/South St in the town centre. This will help relieve congestion from/to the historic core and provide the hubs with passing trade.
The proposal includes extending Cannongate/Bogward Road/Melville Road Spine to connect onwards to Strathkinness Low Road and onto the junction of Strathkinness High Road and the new long view avenue. This route will define the built edge of the development and provide a clear and simple junction point.
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| The proposal allows for good street network and local centres |
The plan creates two new hubs:
1. University Hub: Based around the university campus extension, employment and community uses.
2. Western Gateway: A minor hub signaling entry into the town.
The plan will create a series of strong north south links to ensure that the new development is properly knitted in with the existing surrounding residential areas. Many of these will be carefully designed to eliminate rat running.
The layout will develop improved and developed new walking/cycling links from the new university hub to the western edges of the town centre. It will also provide several new open spaces for town-wide enjoyment including a continuous green accessible multi-functional planted ring.
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| The new landscape ties into the existing landscapes of Swilken and Kinness Burn |
The proposal is for a clearly defined accessible edge to the town, encompassing the growth required in the 2006 – 2026 period as well as some limited expansion beyond. This edge is formed by elements derived from the special landscape character of St Andrews including:
The use of wooded burns to define the edge (as per the Kinness Burn for the south side of the historic core) and the Swilken Burn that will define the northern boundary.
Woods and wooded fragments/shelter belts that make up some of the field boundaries of surrounding arable land.
Clearings and native woodland to define spaces within the landscape itself.
These edges will include accessible bridleways, mixed native woodland, pitches, play areas and parkland required as part of Fife’s emerging open space policies as well as a community orchard that will be created on the wedge of steep land north of Strathkinness High Road.
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| Contemporary Scottish housing design | Dugald Stewart Building, Edinburgh University |
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| Edinburgh Grassmarket | Mixed use building |
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| Native woodland with clear routes | Clearings around pitches |
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