Nottingham City Council has secured funding to improve the Hucknall Road corridor for people walking, cycling and using the bus.
The first phase of the scheme between Valley Road and Arnold Road is now complete and includes a 24-hour widened bus and cycle lane heading into the city and a stepped cycle lane heading out of the city. Design and consultation on further phases is in progress. Please see below for next phase of works.
Benefits of the first phase include:
- Footways resurfaced and widened footways in many places
- Tree planting
- Dedicated stepped cycle lane to enable safer cycling
- Traffic moved further from residential properties
- Improved reliability of bus services
- New resident parking bays (subject to consultation)
Works on phase one of the scheme began in Autumn 2021 between Valley Road and Arnold Road. From 4 January 2022 work began on the southernmost inbound section of Hucknall Road, just after the roundabout.
Next phase of works
The next phase of construction work is between Aldi and Bestwood Road. See plan below.
Benefits of the project include:
- Dedicated stepped cycle lane on both sides of the road to enable safer cycling
- Dedicated marked cycle lanes near the golf club
- Widened shared-use cycle and pedestrian footpath near Bestwood Road
- Improved cycle and pedestrian link to Southglade Road and Andover Road
- Footway and road resurfacing where required
What happens next?
Construction will be delivered in sections starting between Top Valley Way and Bestwood Road, working one side of the road at a time.
We are expecting this whole phase of works (Aldi to Bestwood Road) to last for ten months, during which time traffic lane widths will need to be reduced, temporary two-way lights used off peak when required and bus stops relocated when necessary.
We have commenced new phase of works on quiet route that runs via Andover Road. Nottingham City Council secured funding to improve the Hucknall Road corridor for people walking, cycling and using the bus.
The first phase of the project between Valley Road and Arnold Road is complete and includes a 24-hour widened bus and cycle lane heading into the city and a stepped cycle lane heading out of the city. The phase between the Southglade Road link path and Bestwood Rd will be completed by late November and we will improve the connection onto this section of the route from Southglade Road (see attached Southglade Road link path plan) within the next phase of work.
Also within the next phase of work, for those cyclists using the Hucknall Road cycle corridor and who prefer not to travel through the Arnold Road junction or use the narrow road immediately to the north of this, we are improving the parallel but much quieter route along Andover Road. To make this better for cycles, we will be improving two areas along here. The junction of Gainsford Crescent/Arnold Road (see attached Arnold Road/Gainsford Crescent plan) and the junction of Andover Road with Teviot Road (see attached Andover Road/Teviot Road junction plan).
We will be working at these areas from late October through to December 2022.
Benefits of the improvements are:
- Improved cycle and pedestrian connections from Andover Road, Gainsford Crescent and Southglade Road onto the Hucknall Road cycle corridor
- Footway and road resurfacing where required
- Improved junction layouts
What happens next?
Construction will start at the Gainsford Crescent/Arnold Road junction on 31st October 2022 and the other two areas will follow on from this. We are expecting all works to be completed by Christmas. During construction there will be footway closures in place during the day and lane restrictions in place as needed.
During the Andover Road/Teviot Road junction works, the junction will be closed for part of that time, with access to Teviot Road via Leybourne Drive. Andover Road will also be closed for two days to allow resurfacing of the junction area (advanced notice of this will be given). If we need to work outside your property, we will liaise with you prior to this.
This project is part of Nottingham and Derby’s Transforming Cities programme. Working in partnership, Nottingham City and Derby City Councils secured £161 million from the Department for Transport to invest in local transport infrastructure that will improve sustainable transport, support growth, and encourage more low carbon journeys.
