Work will start next week on widening a path alongside the A612 in a bid to encourage residents in Colwick to walk and cycle more.
The work begins on Monday, February 5 until July 14 – lasting 23 weeks
We covered the closure today in our weekly local roadworks round-up HERE
The scheme will see the path alongside the Colwick Loop Road between First Avenue and Private Road No.1 widened using land from the verge to create a three-metre-wide shared use walking and cycling path.
It is being funded using £1.25million from Nottingham City Council’s Transforming Cities Fund allocation and will connect the area to other upgrades made from the city centre to Nottingham Racecourse.
This funding comes from the Department for Transport and can only be used for sustainable transport schemes.
Fifteen new trees will be planted as part of the scheme to replace 17 which will need to be removed to allow works to take place. Eleven of the trees requiring removal are susceptible to ash dieback and two others are considered to be dead specimens.
The council has said that no road closures will be needed throughout the 23-week construction period but that narrow lanes will be in place to ‘allow works to take place safely’.
The final four weeks of construction will require temporary traffic signals to be in place and further details about the timings of these will be given in the New Year.
Councillor Neil Clarke MBE, Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment at Nottinghamshire County Council, said the newly resurfaced and widened path will improve safety for all
He said: “Currently, the path is narrow and so widening it will improve the ease of use for existing users while also encouraging new users to make use of this facility.
“The path is a great link for communities getting to work or shopping at Victoria Retail Park and it is great news that these works can take place without significantly impacting on motorists travelling along the A612.
“As we will be cutting into the current verge to construct the widened path, we will need to remove some trees to be able to do this but I would like to reassure residents that most of the trees being removed as part of these works are susceptible to ash die back which would present further maintenance and safety issues in the future.
“We know that some traffic management will be required for the final four weeks of the 23 weeks of the construction and we will make sure that these temporary signals will be in place during off-peak periods only.”
Just keep sending the traffic through netherfield as usual shut the loop road altogether won’t be missed but there’s no problem with the traffic coming through netherfield think again idiots
Widening the footpath how many people actually walk down there try spending OUR money on pedestrian crossing in netherfield before a fatality happens ??????
I just wonder if this money might have been better spent in repairing some of the worst potholes we have in the area.
No wonder the council gone bust whats next a road under the river trent stop wasting our money you idiots
Traffic flow was not bring managed this morning if this is going on for 23weeks then it needs sorting out,also this is an unnecessary project and a waste of money.
Thanks spitspotspam for agreeing a total waste of public money
I live in Colwick and cycle regularly, but this is a complete waste of taxpayers money. Other cycle paths need resurfacing or reconfiguring junctions to make them more cycle friendly. Sadly schemes like this only serve to syphon off money to wealthy building contractors. Remember, it’s not ‘public money’, it’s tax payers money. Even more pertinent considering some people are literally being taxed in to poverty. Can’t wait to be paying off the finance on a contractors new Range Rover… not!