Thanks Michael.

I'm not entirely convinced. Making the pavements safe should not be trumpeted as an improvement project - it should be routine.

And if the reason for the double yellows is to protect the new paving, they only need look at the pavement on the side with double yellows today - it is just as wrecked as the single yellow side.
They should raise the kerbs, instead of lowering them. Blurring the boundary between pavement and road is an open invitation for traffic to ride up.

Generally, encouraging compliance with the new speed limits by using cyclists on narrowed lanes and inviting pedestrians onto non crossings is morally in the same book as using human shields in battle. Lovely.

However, the extra southbound bus-stop is a good idea - it is a long stretch between the fitness centre and library. And for those going south, a bus-stop away from the s-circ fumes is an attractive option. That certainly is £10 of yellow paint well spent.