Nottingham City Council has announced the installation of new cycle routes across the city centre, including new crossings to better improve connection to employment sites.
The City Centre Cycle Routes scheme will link existing routes along Daleside Road and Castle Boulevard with new cycle lanes, improving the rate of travel through Nottingham.
The news follows the 2023 announcement that Nottingham City Council will be investing £44m into the maintenance of its road network to help facilitate movement from the county around the country.
Works on the cycle routes will include a dedicated segregated cycleway on Fisher Gate, signalised pedestrian and cycle crossings across Lower Parliament Street, Pennyfoot Street and Fisher Gate.
Final resurfacing and landscaping works on London Road roundabout will be completed and a dedicated signal-controlled cycle crossing will also be provided, cutting through the middle of the junction linking with the new cycle lane on Fisher Gate and the connections at the Island Quarter and Bio City.
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Work started last year on London Road roundabout before moving onto Fisher Gate and Hollow Stone. The project will complete later in 2024 as the last stage of works get under way.
Nottingham City Council’s portfolio holder for transport, Angela Kandola said: “We’re entering the final stages of this project and it’s great that we’re better able to connect the exciting new developments on the Island site with the city centre for both cyclists and pedestrians.
“There have been calls for a signalised crossing across Lower Parliament Street for some years, and I’m pleased this will soon become a reality.
“This project is funded by the government’s Transforming Cities Fund, which aims to promote sustainable travel and better connect to job opportunities – a cycle and pedestrian path between new housing developments and big employers with the city centre is a fantastic example of this in action.”
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