Broad Street, Oxford

The 18 month study is summarized in this report and offers the following main recommendations to:

pave the eastern end of The Broad as the University 'Square' at the head of the sequence of pedestrian spaces from St Mary's to the New Bodleian (estimated cost £4.5m);
open the empty platform outside the New Bodleian as a south- facing café to animate the new square as part of the University's evolving plans to reorganize the library (estimated cost £0.5m);
reconnect the western end of The Broad within the framework of the Oxford Transport Strategy (estimated cost £2m);
reduce the accumulated clutter of street markings, signs, furniture and lights to produce a clearer and safer sequence of urban spaces, where the architecture can be read and pedestrians can feel comfortable, in line with English Heritage's Streets for All policies;
upgrade the surrounding and connecting streets with complementary high quality and simple paving materials, as part of the City's Public Realm Strategy Radcliffe Square and Catte Street;
replant trees in Parks Road, Holywell Street and surrounding Colleges to lean over into the space and bring green shade without interrupting the architectural or ceremonial sequences of the street;
form a new Broad Street executive group to agree a way forward and raise funds for one of the most important spaces of the city, where so many different interests overlap.