Norfolk cycle lanes face criticism over traffic impact

Summarised from Eastern Daily Press's report · Updated 5 Nov, 14:20 · Archive

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston cycle lanes costing almost £4m have attracted criticism over their traffic effects.

Cycle lanes completed in Jellicoe Road in Great Yarmouth and Middleton Road and Church Lane in Gorleston earlier this year have attracted significant criticism. Funded by the government's Active Travel Fund, the schemes were intended to make cycling and walking safer. Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe branded the Gorleston scheme 'a complete sodding waste of money', and the Great Yarmouth First group requested a review.

Traffic monitoring data shows mixed results. Average daily motor vehicles on Middleton Road increased from 5,083 to 5,774 between comparable five-month periods. Average cycle flows increased by 16 per cent from 208 to 250 journeys per day, but pedestrian movements dropped 10 per cent from 488 to 438 per day. Bus journey times were reduced by five to ten seconds. Officers have admitted that monitoring was incomplete because a camera was damaged by water.

A report on the schemes will be presented to Norfolk County Council's infrastructure and development committee on 12 November. Councillors have been warned that changing the cycle lanes could result in the government withholding future funding.

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• Councillors warned changing 'waste of money' cycle lanes could see funding withheldCouncillors have been warned that making changes to controversial Great Yarmouth and Gorleston cycle lanes could have significant consequences.Eastern Daily Press · 5 Nov, 13:12

In this story: Norfolk County Council · Great Yarmouth · Gorleston · Rupert Lowe · Great Yarmouth First

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