Works are now complete on a project to create a safe segregated cycling route and make wider improvements to junctions, footpaths and pedestrian crossing facilities along St Ann’s Well Road.

This scheme was delivered using grant funding which Nottingham City Council successful bid for from Active Travel England’s ‘Active Travel Fund’ (ATF) – Active Travel England (ATE) is the government’s executive agency responsible for making walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyone to get around in England.

In total £2.55m of external funding was used to complete this project.

The improvements delivered by this project include:

• Changes to the layout of junctions to improve safety for all.
• Newly resurfaced footpaths
• Upgraded traffic calming features to reduce vehicle speeds and keep everyone safe – by reinstating and improving raised pedestrian crossings which had become damaged over time
• A new segregated cycle lane built to modern standards
• Support a longer-term increase in active travel mode share by complementing the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan
• Contribute to improving air quality and meeting Nottingham’s 2028 Carbon Neutral objective.

This route now adds to the safe, segregated cycle network around the city, with the east-west cycle route – where cyclists can now travel safely from University Boulevard across the city to London Road / Fisher Gate – as well as a new scheme on Porchester Road also in progress, with phase 1 soon to be completed.

Offering local people the option of safer low-carbon journeys, will also contribute towards Nottingham’s Carbon Neutral 2028 goal as well as improving local air quality.

Nottingham City Council Leader and Executive Member for Strategic Regeneration, Transport and Communications, Councillor Neghat Khan, said: “I’m pleased to see another new safe cycling route on St Ann’s Well Road as we continue to work to develop and join up our cycle path network in the city centre.

“We were also able to resurface footpaths along St Ann’s Well Road and upgrade pedestrian crossings as part of this project, making the whole area safer for everyone to move around.”

Frederick, from St Ann’s, said: “I use the new protected cycle paths frequently. Big step up from painted lines. Having kerbs and yellow lines help me to feel much saver. Looking forward to these protected paths linking up and improving with more protection around junctions to stop cars cutting in front.”

St Ann’s is also one of the areas taking part in the Travel Well pilot scheme, using funding from Active Travel England to put on free local events to help people get more active in their everyday lives. Residents of St Ann’s, along with other neighbourhoods taking part including Bilborough, Bulwell, and Strelley can find out what’s happening near them here.