25 Active Travel Schemes Update PDF 85 KB
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Minutes:
The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which set out an update on the following two active travel schemes within the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP):
LCWIP Phase 2 –
Runcorn to Daresbury
Would provide a dedicated cycle route connecting
Runcorn to Sci-Tech Daresbury. The final design of
the route would be consulted upon during March 21. The
draft consultation leaflet and route map was detailed in
Appendix 1.
LCWIP Phase 3 –
Runcorn Busway (Halton Lea to Murdishaw)
Funding recently allocated to and received by the
Liverpool City Region from the Department for Transport (DfT)
for ‘active travel’. Halton’s allocation would allow
the busway cycle route between Halton Lea and Murdishaw
to become permanent. This was an important link and essentially formed a second
project that eventually aimed to see the whole busway transformed into an
active travel corridor. Halton had initially been awarded
£2.2m of the £7.896m to make the temporary Active Travel Corridor permanent,
Consultation had begun on 18 January 2021 and would close on 22nd
February 2021. A map of the route was detailed in
Appendix 2.
These phases followed on from the LCWIP Phase 1 schemes. Phase 1 provided the ‘Mineral Line’ between St Helens and Widnes, and also the Prescott to Runcorn route via Widnes.
RESOLVED: That the Board endorses the two schemes and recognises the important of consultation in measuring project success.