Five years after the original plans were first revealed, safety improvements to a junction on Spike Island have still never happened.
In that time two different schemes have been proposed - the first was withdrawn after it was deemed too expensive and the second was refused by Bristol City Council’s own planning committee because of safety concerns.
Which begs the question - what now?
During the meeting in January when the second, scaled-back scheme was thrown out councillors were warned that by doing so they risked losing any safety measures for Avon Crescent.
The head of development management told the committee that the revised scheme had been submitted because the project did not have the budget to deliver the original scheme, which included a shared space for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists as part of changes to the metrobus route.
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And that if permission was refused for this revised scheme - which included a new pedestrian area, a speed bump, parking spaces and improved access for HGVs - it was possible that Avon Crescent could remain unchanged.
Since the decision in January there have been no details about what the council now has planned for the junction.
And it doesn’t look like any more information will be made available any time soon with the council saying they had no information to give at the moment when asked by Bristol Live.
Bristol City Council had said the increased cost of the metrobus scheme meant some elements had to be “reduced or removed”.
The metrobus scheme was originally estimated to cost £190million but is now expected to come in at more than £230million.
But the lack of funding for the project has done little to abate some residents who feel that safety improvements that were promised as part of the metrobus scheme and now just being omitted because they are too expensive.
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In early 2014 more than 4,200 people signed a petition supporting closure of Avon Crescent to through traffic and making it a shared space.
The revised scheme would have seen traffic continue to be stopped from entering Avon Crescent from Cumberland Road and an island installed at the junction “to protect cyclists.”
A pedestrian crossing point would have been built out at the bottom of the steps and a speed bump installed in Avon Crescent.
The footway area near McAdam Way and Ashton Avenue would have been extended to “enhance cycle and pedestrians routes”.
