More than £7m has been approved for two active travel schemes in Greater Manchester, including one in Radcliffe. The funding aims to improve the walking, wheeling, and cycling infrastructure in both Radcliffe and Salford. Greater Manchester’s Bee Network committee signed off the Active Travel Fund investment on Thursday, October 17.
The plans for Radcliffe will see £2.89m spent on junction improvements at Spring Lane, next to the Metrolink Park and Ride. The scheme will feature a protected junction, keeping pedestrians and cyclists safe by separating them from traffic, and a path alongside the new STAR Academy access road, connecting over the canal to the "banana path".
The "banana path" provides an off-road route from homes on the north side of Radcliffe to the new school and the Metrolink stop. The improvements at Spring Lane are part of a wider, four-phase scheme planned to make it easier and safer for people to walk, wheel, and cycle around Radcliffe town centre and its neighbouring areas. In Salford, £4.
32m will be invested in the Oldfield Road Corridor scheme, which will introduce segregated pedestrian and cycle tracks along the A5066 Oldfield Road Corridor between the A6 Chapel Street and A57 Regent Road. This should provide improved access to the public transport network and encourage more people to use it. The funding aims to improve improve the walking, wheeling, and cycling infrastructure (Image: Supplied) Dame Sarah Storey, Active Travel Commissioner for Grea.