The Weyland Bay Coastal Paths Project

Hello and welcome to the Public Engagement for a proposed paths project at Weyland Bay.

Please read through the information on the following pages which will tell you about the project and its aims. At the end, there is a link to fill in a questionnaire where you can leave your thoughts and ideas for how the space could be developed.

There will be an in-person event on the site on Friday 26th August, on the coastal greenspace where you will be able to discuss your ideas directly with the team.

The team will publish the design work later in the year for you to see - look out for updates!

If you have any questions, please use the comments section of the questionnaire or email the team at  weylandbay_comments@harrisonstevens.co.uk .

The proposed Weyland Bay section of the shoreline path runs through an open grassed space. There is currently only an informal grass path along the shore - there is no paved route and only an intermittent path alongside the opposite side of the road.

Carness, a farm and a campsite lie to the north, with Kirkwall to the south-west. New housing has been built opposite and Papdale Primary and Kirkwall Grammar School lie further away to the south. The housing beyond the Craigiefield Road junction lies outwith the school bus collection zone. This suggests an increasing number of potential users of the site and the route it offers.

The project is looking to create a formal paved path link, but this needs to support all park users and commuters where possible - however you use the space or travel through it.

Please view the User Data statistics by clicking  here .

As you can see from just a week's worth of data, quite a lot of folk use the routes through Weyland Bay, and in a number of ways.

To the LEFT of the attached image, are the active travel results. These show who passed by on each day of the week.

• There is little variation through the week in terms of the main users (cyclists and adult pedestrians) but potentially quite a lot of minority users.
• The low useage of the site by these groups could be for a number of reasons - is it difficult to get to or onto the greenspace? Is there is feeling of a lack of safety or security? A lack of space to pause or sit in comfort?
• No elderly people recorded in the area at all - why might this be?
• Adults with prams appear to use both survey areas on a daily basis - is the space/route convenient at present or could we do something to make things easier for them?
• There are both accompanied and unaccompanied children recorded in the area at the weekend but there appear to be fewer using the Carness junction area - is something stopping them?
• Though it varies with the time of day, there are approximately 3 times more walkers than cyclists
• What accounts for the higher rates on Thursdays and Saturdays?

Take a look through the diagrams and tables on the PDF attached above.

• Can you see your type of journey there?
• What surprises you?
• How do you think this should impact the design work?

There are many things that can work together to make great public spaces and active travel routes. The page below will talk about these themes and ideas.

What are your thoughts - is there anything you feel strongly about? How do you use the spaces, or how would you like to use it? Are there any other themes or ideas you might suggest are added and discussed?

Click  here  to complete the questionnaire. Your answers will feed into the design and we can discuss the findings, and the emerging design, with you at the in-person event.

If you have any questions, please email us by clicking  here .