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Here are the areas of York earmarked for upgraded footpaths and cycle routes

Tue 17 Dec, 2024 by YorkMix

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Filed Under: News, Transport

Twenty-four areas of York have been earmarked for the first upgrades to footpaths and cycle routes.

City of York Council has identified the priority improvement routes for people walking and in wheelchairs, which could see footpaths widened, and crossings and benches installed.

Stretches of road have also been identified for an improved cycling network under the new Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.

Now the council is to seek funding for the updates.

The plan sets out the council’s ambition to eventually improve routes in 66 areas across the city, in its suburbs and surrounding villages.

The zones have been mapped out and grouped according to key destinations such as schools, shops and workplaces.

Officials have drawn up a list of 24 of those zones, eight each in central York, the surburbs and villages, that the council will prioritise for funding bids for improvements.

Here are the zones:

CentralSuburbanVillages
City Centre NorthRawcliffe Lane / Eastholme Drive / Green LaneBishopthorpe village centre
City Centre SouthHeworth Green / East Parade / 6th Avenue / 4th AvenueStockton on the Forest village
Bootham / Clifton / Water End (East of Ouse)Melrosegate / Green Dykes Lane / University RoadPoppleton Public Transport hubs, Northminster, Knapton
Station / Micklegate
/ River Ouse quadrant
Clifton Backies / Kingsway North / Water LaneCopmanthorpe village centre
The Groves / Haxby Road / Huntington RoadAcomb Road / Hamilton Drive / Green LanePoppleton village centre
York Central / Salisbury Road / Terrace areaSouth Bank South and Racecourse accessStrensall village centre inc. school
Gillygate / Clarence Street / Wigginton Road / Haxby RoadYork Road / Front Street / Acomb GreenDunnington village centre
Foss Islands Road / James Street / LayerthorpeFulford areaWheldrake village

Improvments which could take place include new and improved crossings, removing existing barriers, more lighting and CCTV coverage and cutting back plants and other vegetation.

Removing pavement and reducing on-street parking and lowering speed limits could also be looked at.

The stretches of road earmarked for an improved cycling network are those between the Malton Road-Stockton Lane roundabout, Heworth Green, Monkgate, Deangate, Lendal Bridge and York Central.

Here are the cycling network routes identified for the earliest improvements:

TierProject
TopMalton Road / Stockton Lane roundabout – Heworth Green – Monkgate – Deangate – Lendal Bridge – Leeman Road – York Central
TopBootham – Clifton (Bootham Bar to Rawcliffe Lane)
TopOuse Bridge – Micklegate – The Mount – Tadcaster Road – York College
TopMicklegate Bar – Blossom Street – Holgate Road – Hamilton Drive /Holly Bank Road junction.
TopLand North of Monks Cross – Monks Cross – Vangarde – Malton Rd – Heworth Green – Monkgate – City Centre
TopRail Station – Lendal Bridge – Gillygate / Lord Mayors Walk junction
SecondTang Hall Lane / Fifth Avenue – Foss Islands Path – Hungate – Aldwark – Lord Mayors Walk – York St.
John University
SecondAcomb Road (Manor Drive South – Fox junction)
SecondTang Hall Lane – Foss Islands Path – Hungate – Ouse Bridge – riverside – York Rail Station
SecondCopmanthorpe – Tadcaster Road – Blossom Street – York Rail Station

The plan approved by the council’s Executive on Thursday, December 12 would provide a starting point for detailed designs for routes to be drawn up and funding bids lodged.

It comes alongside the wider goal of encouraging more people to walk, cycle and use other modes of active travel set out in the council’s recently approved Transport Strategy.

Better connected

Campaigners welcomed the plans on Thursday, but concerns were raised about the involvement of disabled people in drawing them up.

Chris Pollock, of the York Civic Trust, said it was a start in helping the council to get more Active Travel England funding than it could without a plan.

The York Cycle Campaign’s Andy Shrimpton said approval would mean the progress of projects could be tracked and called for more engagement to encourage walking and cycling.

But Anne Norton, of the York Disability Rights Forum, said language in the plan was not inclusive enough and the group had not had enough time to properly scrutinise it.

Transport executive lead Cllr Ravilious and council deputy leader Cllr Pete Kilbane both apologised for the way engagement with the group had been handled.

Liberal Democrat opposition Deputy Leader Cllr Paula Widdowson said efforts to secure funding for the improvements should be monitored.

Cllr Ravilious said improvements to infrastructure would help make York a heathier and better-connected place while also easing pressure on existing roads.

The executive member said: “This plan is all about making walking, wheeling and cycling safer, more accessible and simpler so more people can choose to travel this way.

“It puts us in prime position to bid for external funding to deliver ambitious projects across York.

“We’ll also be using this plan to prioritise improvements and repairs to cycle routes and pavements during our routine highway maintenance programme.”


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