Cycling City - route via Westerleigh and into the future

Detailed design work for the Cycle Path / Footpath from Yate to the Railway Path via Westerleigh is underway, including an appraisal of the Nibley Lane junction, and the planning application will be submitted shortly. Cycling City is aiming for the first phase (Railway Path to Westerleigh) to begin as soon as possible and be completed by October 2010.

Cycling England are hoping the project will be extended for another 3 years in 2011 and local councils are starting to consider future potential projects. Initial “strategic routes” being suggested are:

• Yate/Sodbury to the north fringe and linking to the cycling network at Winterbourne;


• Yate/Sodbury to Pucklechurch;


• Yate/Sodbury to Wickwar;
  

Another ambition is to identify a route from Chipping Sodbury to Yate, to be accessible to cyclists and users of mobility scooters.

Can you suggest any other strategic routes or links that need to be provided in the area? Please let us have your ideas.