Cycling on the right path as cross-city improvement scheme is completed

October 3, 2024

A major scheme to connect safe cycling routes in the city centre with wider improvements for cyclists and pedestrians has been completed.

The £7.8m Cross-City Cycle Routes programme, funded through the Government’s Transforming Cities Fund, began in 2021 and is now finished.

The final project started in January this year on the junction of Fisher Gate, Pennyfoot Street and Parliament Street, extending the programme to the east of the city.

This takes riders and scooters safely out to BioCity and Pennyfoot Street around the busy London Road roundabout. Significant improvements have been made to the Fisher Gate and Pennyfoot Street junction with pedestrian crossing facilities over all four arms, plus a diagonal cycle crossing.

The works have also included:

Installing a new toucan crossing on Hollowstone, and creating a shared footway and cycle path between London Road and Hollowstone
Reallocating road space to provide a segregated cycle path along Fisher Gate, linking with the new facility from London Road island
A major upgrade to the London Road/Station Street junction for cyclists and pedestrians
Significant carriageway resurfacing
Landscaping and planting

This is in addition to previous improvement works on the London Road roundabout which have reallocated road space to provide a segregated cycle route from Canal Street heading towards Bellar Gate, new traffic signals for pedestrian and cycle crossings, plus pavement improvements and road resurfacing.

In the wider Station Street and London Road areas, the Cross-City Cycle Routes programme has already delivered:

A new dedicated cycle path from the London Road junction to join the recently-completed Station Street cycle route
Marked-on-road cycle path for east and west crossings at the junction
Signal crossings for both pedestrians and cyclists across the whole junction
General road and footpath resurfacing

Councillor Neghat Khan, Leader of Nottingham City Council and Executive Member for Strategic Regeneration, Transport and Communications, said: “We have a long-held vision to develop more sustainable options for people to be able to move around our city.

“We’ve consistently led the way as a council with innovative schemes which are designed to reduce traffic and keep our roads moving, while seamlessly connecting the city’s world-class tram system with pedestrian routes and cycle paths. The key thing is creating different options that people can use on a daily basis.

“I’m delighted to see the completion of the Cross-City Cycle Routes programme, which will make a significant difference for cyclists and pedestrians moving safely and quickly around and across the city centre.

“This is another great example of the council successfully bidding for, and then securing, Government funding by coming up with forward-thinking ideas to improve the city’s transport network.”

Facilities have been further improved in the centre of Nottingham with a makeover of the Nottingham Cycle Park at Broad Marsh bus station and car park.

Cyclists can now lock away their bikes in one of more than 100 secure spaces around the city. The Broad Marsh site is ideal for commuters, shoppers and visitors with its central location and proximity to city-centre attractions, and the bus and railway stations.

As part of the works, funding was used to install bright window stickers, a large print of the cycle map, and a mural created by Nottingham’s Jess Bright Design and Illustration.

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