Thank you to everyone who has shared their views and opinions over the last 2 months. Since the heatmap opened there have been 2005 visitors to the website and 622 contributions.The Commonplace website was launched at the end of June and closed on 24th August. This website was set up after North Ayrshire Council received funding from the Spaces for People programme in order to identify locations within the Council area where measures are needed to allow the public to remain 2 metres away from one another while making essential journeys by walking, cycling and wheeling; exercising and queuing outside businesses.Temporary measures are in Place in ArdrossanTemporary measures have been put in place on Glasgow Street, Ardrossan to help people practice safe physical distancing while walking, cycling and wheeling. These measures will make it safer for people to travel, exercise and use local services and shops as lockdown eases. Information boards can be found on Glasgow Street explaining the designs or can be viewed <a href="https://s3-eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/commonplace-customer-assets/spacesforpeoplenorthayrshire/SfP_NAC_DisplayBoard_005ColourChange.pdf">here</a> If you would like to feedback on these temporary measures or any other measures please send an email to spacesforpeople@north-ayrshire.gov.uk What happens next?North Ayrshire Council and Sustrans are analysing the comments that have been collected and will decide what measures will be implemented. It will be impossible for us to implement all suggestions so areas of greatest need will be prioritised for the implementation of appropriate temporary measures. Temporary measures will be put in place in Dalry and Irvine in the coming weeks.We will keep you updated on new temporary interventions that are being planned. Thank you again to everyone who has contributed to the heatmap over the last 2 months!

A big thank-you to everyone who shared their thoughts and opinions on North Ayrshire Heatmap

Thank you to everyone who has commented and contributed to the online mapping tool so far. Since the launch of the website on Tuesday 30th June we have already had a total of 1557 visitors to the website and 427 contributions on the map.All of your feedback is being considered to help prioritise and identify temporary measures (e.g enforcing speed restrictions, extend pavement, new crossing) that allow physical distancing when getting around North Ayrshire.Below is a word cloud showing the main solutions to physical distancing that the people of North Ayrshire have highlighted through their comments online. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1595517382/projects/spacesforpeoplenorthayrshire/b66d7773-5a5c-4640-8be3-b89eceb68529.png" />What’s next?We are keen to ensure that a wide variety of people across North Ayrshire have had the opportunity to comment on a location they would like to see a temporary measure installed to ensure physical distancing is possible for everyone.Therefore we are asking you to share the web link with your community on your social media pages or other communication channels. https://spacesforpeoplenorthayrshire.commonplace.is/ The more people involved, the better the needs of the whole community will be reflected.DisclaimerWhile we welcome and monitor all responses directly relating to safe physical distancing, it will not be possible to implement all suggestions. Areas of greatest need will be prioritised for the implementation of appropriate temporary measures.

North Ayrshire Commonplace live for over 3 weeks

We want to know your views on how North Ayrshire can enable essential journeys, access to open spaces, economic recovery, and improvements to public transport access, so please continue to get involved by sharing your views on <a href="https://spacesforpeoplenorthayrshire.commonplace.is/comments">the interactive map</a> .<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:eco,w_1024/v1594379921/projects/spacesforpeoplenorthayrshire/acc3dceb-4cc7-4ef5-8b02-0494fc0b1ec2.jpg" />The website has been live for over a week now, and so far there&#39;s been:<li>829 visitors to the Commonplace site</li> <li>127 contributions made, (total comments and ‘agreements’)</li> <li>86 respondents posting on the site</li>The main barriers preventing people from walking, cycling, running and wheeling when observing physical distancing were: - Amount of traffic- Sharing path with other users- Speed of traffic- Pavement too narrowThe top temporary measures to help walking, cycling, wheeling while physical distancing were : - Extending pavements- Introducing speed restrictions- Enforce speed restrictions- Add temporary segregated cycle laneMany respondents made their own suggestions for temporary measures including maintenance of overgrown vegetation on pathways and introducing cycle routes to make areas more accessible. Use the map to check which issues have already been reported, to flag up new problems in your local area, and choose from a range of temporary solutions or suggest your own. If you agree with any of the comments, use the ‘agree’ option. We want to make sure the measures we introduce are based on what the community tells us they need. Please help us spread the word by sharing the commonplace website <a href="https://spacesforpeoplenorthayrshire.commonplace.is/">https://spacesforpeoplenorthayrshire.commonplace.is/</a> as widely as you can! The more people involved, the better the needs of the whole community will be reflected.While we welcome and monitor all responses directly relating to safe physical distancing, it will not be possible to implement all suggestions. Areas of greatest need will be prioritised for the implementation of appropriate temporary measures.

Thanks very much to everyone who has commented on our Commonplace map so far!

North Ayrshire Council is introducing temporary measures to help protect public health and support physical distancing during Covid-19. Use the map to check which issues have already been reported and to add new suggestions.