“By making the area traffic calmer and providing green spaces it could have positive mental health benefits”
The Boulevard
Holloway Road runs through the town centre like a spine and, although spacious, it is currently heavily trafficked with little space for pedestrians and alternative uses. There is also a lack of green and public space throughout Nag’s Head town centre.
The Boulevard transforms Holloway Road and Seven Sisters Road into a boulevard that help improve the environment and wellbeing of people living, working and visiting Nag’s Head Town Centre.
With reorganised road traffic and more accessible pavements, The Boulevard would encourage walking and wheeling by decluttering the streets along with levelling and upgrading the paving. By removing some parking spaces and widening the pavement, this would help make more public space available to populate the streets with places to rest and socialise. Public realm improvements like benches and planters could be introduced to support this. This proposal would also help create better connections across the town centre through safer crossings along Holloway Road and Seven Sisters Road.
Potential Stepping Stones
Short-term
1. De-clutter existing street furniture to make pavements more accessible.
2. Benches to create spots for people to rest and socialise.
3. Install planters and pocket parks on wider pavements and parking spaces.
Medium-term
4. Plant new trees and greening along the centre of Holloway Road.
5. Remove parking to widen footpath for public use, greening and SUDs.
6. Levelling and upgrading pavements.
Long-term
7. Safer street crossings to improve connections across the town centre.
8. Narrowing the road along Holloway Road to reduce motor traffic.
Case Studies
LUF Bid & Create Boulevards
Rewild My Street
