Plans for new cycleway and footway in Oakham approved by Council
It'll be built along Burley Road this summer.
Plans for a new shared cycleway and footway in Oakham have been given approval by Rutland County Council
It'll be built along Burley Road this summer.
The scheme utilises funding from the Council’s successful bid for £36,000 from the Department for Transport’s Emergency Travel Fund. It aims to encourage more sustainable and active modes of travel – reducing people’s impact on the environment and supporting health and wellbeing. It will also create a quick and easy link from the existing cycleway and footway along Oakham bypass.
Work to build the new cycleway will be carried out from Monday 25 July until Friday 2 September, with traffic management in place for the duration of the works.
Traffic will be restricted from heading eastbound from the junction with the B668 and Ashwell Road due to a one-way system being in place.
Any traffic heading into Oakham will have access as normal. Traffic heading out of Oakham will be diverted to the B640 Station Road before joining the A6003 Burley Park Way.
People living locally will have access to their properties from the Oakham bypass throughout the works. Further details including a map of the diversion route can be viewed online here.
Councillor Rosemary Powell, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport, said: “We are really pleased to announce that work will soon begin on Burley Road’s shared cycleway and footway."
"Once complete, the scheme will bring a number of benefits, including improved safety for cyclists and pedestrians, reduced impact on the environment by encouraging sustainable and active modes of travel and enhanced connections to two local schools and the town centre.”