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Published: 08 November 2025

Here's a downloadable file of all the responses to 16/11/2025. 238 responses - Excel File with names and contact details removed

• I don't think the underpass is a good alternative. As a woman, I avoid underpasses in the evenings. They also flood quite frequently.
• It is my preferred walking route as I feel unsafe using either of the underpasses after dark.
• I am very concerned because it will add a considerable distance to the journey of those children who use it to get to school.
• I have a disabled daughter and this is the safest route to town to avoid underpasses, busy roads so it is vital for her safety
• My Year 5 child walks to and from school alone. I would not be comfortable for him doing this if he had to cross Campbell Road, going under the underpass and having to cross escort Road the other side. There is no safe route.
• Other routes involve using a subway / underpass . Myself and my two daughters don’t feel safe using these alone. Being underground, no one can see from street level what is happening.
• It links one side of Salisbury to the city, its crucial as means woman don't need to use the underpass when its dark
• St Marks underpass is tricky as pedestrian line of sight to approaching cars is limited so you can start crossing and come across a car when you’re in the road, some cars on Escourt Road are rat running so they brake late. The underpass itself has also felt unsafe on occasion and the bridge is a safe alternative.
• Parents living inside the ring road who walk with children to schools outside may drive if the route is longer, creating an even worse bottleneck at the top of St Marks Road where it is already challenging to pull out onto the roundabout from Estcourt Road. I have seen many cars trying to pull out from Escourt Road only to get stuck on the roundabout blocking the traffic pulling off towards Castle Street roundabout or dicing with fast roundabout traffic.
• The alternatives for users are either long detours or unsafe routes for pedestrians. The lack of this route presents a steep climb from Donaldson Road to Wordsworth/Moberley/Netheravon Road.
• Longer walk for us (in our 70s). Longer walk for school kids. Steepness of the path from Donaldson Road up to Wordsworth Road
• Having lived in St Marks Road for 40 years. My family have used the Wyndham Road bridge continuously. My children walked to school at St Marks from an early age and when they were old I felt happy for them to walk to school as no traffic or dangerous roads to navigate. It is also a cleaner air environment and not frequented by undesirables so safe to use. We also use the bridge to access green spaces - downs etc. The alternative route via St Marks underpass is polluted, dirty, unsafe due to lack of pedestrian access and crossing roads.Parents will not allow our children to use this route as also frequented by undesirables and often feels unsafe along with traffic concerns.
• Other routes add significant time. Children walking down to the other footbridge is too risky, barrier by dual carriageway not continuous. Underpasses are either flooded, generally grim or used inappropriately e.g., alcohol use.
• It would make my family’s life impossible. It would force me to drive my children to school and nursery and even then I would not get to work in time with traffic conditions as they are. It would also cut them off from their friends on the other side of the ring road.
• I would need to use my car daily to take my children to school
• I would be extremely concerned, especially for the elderly that can't walk far.
• I also dont like to use the underpass as it feels unsafe for a woman on her own.
• The subways are unsafe being both dark and quite often a magnet for anti social behaviour
  They also flood regularly.
• As a resisdent of this area who uses this bridge on a daily basis to get my children to both Kindred nursery and Wyndham Park Infants school safety I strongly object to the removal of it. This is an extremely well used bridge and the alternative options are either a lengthy detour (involving a dangerous crossing from the end of St Marks Road to the entrance of the underpass) or a walk along the dual carriageway from the Victoria Road bridge where there are no safety barriers and also a huge amount of pollution. As a parent of 3 small children I do not feel this is acceptable. It will no doubt mean myself and neighbours will likely drive, causing more traffic, congestion and pollution on our roads.
• for me to get to the nursery (at leahurst swan school, I would need to walk with a pushchair along the dual carriageway (out of the direction of travel), then walk back on myself up Campbell Rd. I also have older children that I would not be comfortable using the underpass when walking solo particularly in the winter.
• People will run across the dual carriageway mostly at night so it will be an accident waiting to happen!
• I work in care and have clients that attend clubs that have to walk across the bridge. This really will hinder a lot of people as well as those of us that rely on it for access to work and town.
• Lots and lots of children and people on foot would be forced to walk through unsafe areas and a much longer walk too, which would sadly encourage more car use!!
• Anyone who lives in Wordsworth Road, Moberly Road, Dorset Road, Cornwall Road, Wyndham Road and the inner roads near Wyndham Road will have an unpleasant long walk near noisy traffic to the unpleasant underpasses. Difficult especially for parents with children.
• Demolition of the bridge will adversely affect access to the Arts Centre.
• It would make our lives less convenient, and restoring would be a good use of tax payers money. We pay taxes, and a lot of what our taxes are paid on we don't benefit from as directly as this.