Wendover Cycleways consultation
Buckinghamshire Council secured £500,000 to improve cycleway facilities in Wendover to help mitigate the effects of HS2. The Council has investigated various cycleway options in the village and we are now in a position to share these with you and the public. Each design has been attached to this story (click the links to view), along with an overall plan illustrating all 3 proposals (click the Summary Plan link). Public Consultation on the 3 proposed cycleway improvements will run from Monday 01st March to Sunday 28th March.
The 3 proposals
- Railway Station Access
This proposal links the existing Amber Way cycleway on Aylesbury Road with Wendover Railway Station via Lionel Avenue, Dobbins Lane and Coombe Avenue. It largely consists of on-carriageway markings to ensure that motorists are clear that cyclists will be on the carriageway.
From Aylesbury Road, cyclists will use the current informal crossing to travel towards Lionel Avenue. Along Lionel Avenue, there will be cycleway markings on the carriageway, along with route signage.
Cyclists will utilise the existing cut through linking to Dobbins Lane, where similar to the proposed design along Lionel Avenue, there will be on-carriageway cycle markings.
To reach the Railway Station, cyclists will travel up Coombe Avenue and then be required to dismount at the end road and push their bicycle up the steps using a cycle ramp. From the back of the Car Park people will cycle via the Railway Station car park to reach the Station.
- Amber Way Improvements
This proposal creates a shared use cycleway on the northern footway along Aylesbury Road between Halton Lane and Castle Park Road, preventing cyclists from having to cross the road onto the southern side, providing a more consistent, attractive and safer route. The shared used footway / cycleway will be widened to approximately 2.5m.
Cycleway crossings will be constructed / improved at the junctions of Halton Lane, Grenville Avenue and Castle Park Road.
- School Access
This proposal extends the Amber Way cycleway from Victory Road to link to the schools along Wharf Road.
The footway between Victory Road and Wharf Road will be upgraded to a shared use footway / cycleway. The path will be widened near the Health Centre to become approximately 2.5m wide.
At the Wharf Road junction, cyclists will then have to re-join the carriageway. There will be cycleway markings on the carriageway, along with route signage to let road users know that cyclists are likely to be using Wharf Road.
- More information about this and the proposals can be found on the council’s website www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/wendover-cycleways
- To give your view either:
o complete the online feedback form https://yourvoicebucks.citizenspace.com/highway-projects/wendover-cycleways or;
o email us on hitmailbox@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or;
o write to us at Highways Infrastructure Projects Team, Wendover Cycleways, Buckinghamshire Council, Floor 7, Walton Street Offices, Walton Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1UY
To get a printed version of the feedback form, please phone us on 0300 131 6000 or email us on hitmailbox@buckinghamshire.gov.uk