Both NCN1 and the Sand Line Path are expected to be closed this week for repairs (signs have gone up). Leaving aside the poor timing and coordination, here are suggested alternative routes: Iron Bridge to Rail Station Cross the bridge to Rollesby Road. Turn right and continue to the end, then continue through two dodgy ...
The following cycleways will be temporarily closed for repairs or improvements:6-19 August: Fairstead: Shepherds Way (Five Elms to Winston Churchill Drive), Viking Way (Shepherds Way to Fen Lane near Hall View Road garages)11-15 August: Springwood/Reffley: Spring Lane (Gayton Road to Earsham Drive)15-19 August: Gaywood/Hardwick: Iron Bridge, Bridge Way to Parkway, Rookery Way (the diagonal path)20-22 ...
Norfolk County Council is consulting on changes to Gayton Road in the QEH area. The survey closes Friday. Here's the summary diagram: What can you see? Here's my list so far: Anti-skid road surface should be yellow (like at Hardwick) not red (which is for cycleways like the Blackfriars St one used to be); the ...
The ride to Emneth on Sun 3 Dec 2023 is postponed until next year due to black ice on the route. See you next time!
Norfolk is getting £2¼m for cycling and walking projects. Well done to the county council bid team! The Eastern Daily Press lists three projects in West Norfolk: Upgraded junction of NCN1 and A1078 Edward Benefer Way: this project is shown in the current King's Lynn Local Cycling and Walking Implementation Plan, the LCWIP, but it's ...
Borough and district council elections are next Thursday and we would love to see more cycling-friendly councillors elected. While the county councils and mayors are mainly responsible for transport, the boroughs and districts control the planning permission process (including whether new estates are walking/cycling-friendly or car-dominated), regeneration projects and lots of other things which can ...
See you at Ferry Lane 7.30 for 8pm this evening, as usual (second Thursday of each month). New Consultations Not much this month. I didn't notice any new major planning applications or anything seriously affecting cycle routes, nor are there any traffic regulation orders proposed in western Norfolk. So, the biggest consultation is the Pilot ...
There is a consultation open until Sunday 8 January at Norfolk County Council about this new road. Here are the key cycling concerns which you might like to mention: Northern End No cycleways are proposed for the northern end of the diverted A10, nor alongside the widened bit of the A47. This is a massive ...
New Development Plans The new A10 West Winch Access Road - not a bypass because none of the proposed measures (such as 20/30mph limits and little fences) close the current A10 to through traffic, or seem likely to achieve the claimed reduction in motor vehicles. The good news is that the new road will have ...
New Development Plans Also, 20mph proposals for South Wootton, Leonard Close & Sandbach Close, 30mph for North & South Creake (to become 30mph through South Creake and 50mph between/around them, currently 40/60), 40mph for Terrington St John, Church Road (to the A47 junctions, currently 60mph through them) and 40mph for Market Lane in Walpole, Walpole Cross Keys ...