Walking and cycling improvements being made by Nottingham City Council at Colwick Country Park are now complete.
The project to revamp footpaths in the park, paid for through funding secured from the Transforming Cities and European Regional Development Funds, began in September 2022 and the council said has now finished ahead of schedule.
The popular walk around the lake became extremely muddy at times particularly during the winter months, making it difficult for park users, including Colwick parkrunners, and impossible for those using pushchairs, wheelchairs or bikes.
Nottingham City Council has now completed over 4.5k of paved footpaths using the funding.
The new paths are three metres wide, giving enough room for cyclists, pedestrians, wheelchair users and pushchair users to enjoy the park.
Nottingham City Council’s portfolio holder for Highways, Transport and Planning, Councillor Angela Kandola, said: “It’s great to see these new footpaths completed, which have made one of our most beautiful and popular parks even easier to visit for everyone – as well as connecting to the new pedestrian and cyclists bridge over the Trent, which is due to be completed in 2025.”
“Thank you to park users for their patience while we carried out these works.”
The Colwick parkrun core team said: “With the exception of one cancellation on 29th October 2022 the path works team have worked tirelessly to make sure that we could proceed safely every week during the improvements and kept us informed every step of the way.
“In addition to path works they also created our wonderful parkrun lay-by, sited our bike rack and benches, improved the toilet area, and filled in the potholes to name but a few things. Many ‘personal bests’ have ensued since and participation numbers have been up as the mud and puddle levels have gone down.
“It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with them, Nottingham City Council and the park management team to see this to fruition, thank you.”
Brilliant result, made it so much better, a pleasure to use, just need same at Gedling Country Park. Their paths are not dog paw friendly, often muddy, and the car park is a disgrace when it’s rained. I only use Colwick, so much nicer.