July 29, 2024
Work has started on the Active Travel England-funded improvements on Porchester Road in Mapperley.
Last year Nottingham City Council were awarded over £1.7million from the Active Travel Fund for investment along Porchester Road. The funding enables the council to deliver a more modern pedestrian and cycling-friendly scheme, with clear segregation from traffic.
The council will build:
- A segregated, two-way cycle path on Porchester Road – beginning at Burgass Road and finishing at Kenrick Road. This two-way cycle path will be on the southbound lane carriageway between Burgass Road and Cherrywood Gardens, before switching to the northbound lane carriageway between Cherrywood Gardens and Kenrick Road. This is in order to considerably reduce the interference this scheme could have with car parking.
- One-way cycle paths for northbound and southbound users from Kenrick Road to Emmanuel Avenue.
This scheme will provide a safer active travel route for those travelling to and from residential areas, Hogarth Academy and city centre/Carlton Road destinations. The design and first stage of work is outlined below:
Phase 1: Burgass Road to Cherrywood Gardens – Monday 29th July 2024 – December 2024
The construction of a segregated two-way cycle path on the southbound lane carriageway between Burgass Road and Cherrywood Gardens. Improvements will also be made to road crossings and junctions to improve walking routes and accessibility of footways for all users.
We will be starting the phase 1 work outside the Hogarth Academy. This work has been programmed to be undertaken during the school summer holidays to try to minimise disruption.
We will also be doing work at the Thorneywood Mount / Porchester road junction requiring it to close – exact dates are still TBC.
The benefits of this scheme for everyone will include:
- A more pedestrian-friendly arrangement at junctions to reflect changes to Highway Code
- Additional refuges at side road junctions to improve safety
- Improved pedestrian access to shops and businesses
- Improved bus stops
- Proper separation at junctions for visually-impaired people
- New protected right-turn areas at junctions currently without them
- Reduction in excessive traffic speeds through lane narrowing
- Resurfacing worn sections of the road
- Renewing footpath surfacing in selected areas
- Removal of unnecessary clutter on footpaths
- Cutting back trees and bushes overhanging path
- Improving existing pedestrian crossings
- Creating high-quality separate cycle paths for cycles and electric scooters to reduce conflicts with pedestrians and motorists
- Enhancing links to new strategic routes for cyclists and scooters.