PHOTOS: This is what Southampton might look like in the future

Plans to transform the city centre as part of a £18.5m transport scheme have been unveiled. 

A number of roads could be closed to traffic while other areas of the city would undergo a major makeover. 

The traffic lighst outside the civic centre would be removed to make way for new crossings, cycle lanes and wider pavements. 

All traffic coming from the west would be able to pass between Civic Centre Place and Park Walk.

But from Park Walk onwards as far as East Park Terrace and Palmerston Road, the road will be open to buses, taxis and cyclists only.

New Road would be closed to through traffic between Park Walk and East Park Terrace and Palmerston Road.

A new bus hub would be created at Albion Place car park. 

Castle Way car park would be turned into an urban park. 

Portland Terrace - between Spa Road and Shopmobility - would also be closed to through traffic.

A number of improvements such as the widening of pavements, more bus stops and enhanced taxi rank are planned for Above Bar Street.

A new transport hub is also planned for the south side of Southampton Central Station.

Saltmarsh Road - between Itchen Bridge and Royal Crescent - would be closed to through traffic and turned into a bus lane for buses, taxis and cyclists only.

There are also plans to transform Six Dials. 

The number of lanes moving  through the junction to the east and west would be reduced.

Traffic signals would be updated  and the existing subways would be improved.