Hillingdon Council has finished work to build a new shared use cycle path around the busy Stockley Park roundabout to help facilitate safer sustainable travel to and from the business park.
The improvements, which were completed in early March, also include warning signs for approaching motorists on the slip roads to Horton Road and Bennetsfield Road to notify them of the new layout.
The council has also made improvements to accessibility, through the addition of new dropped kerbs and tactile paving and the removal of obstructive guard railings. Works to upgrade the lighting on the site are due to complete next month.
The scheme was one of several key infrastructure projects being delivered in line with the council’s Cycling Strategy, its 10-year vision for improving safety and access for cycling across the borough which was launched last year.
The council has already delivered Bikeability Level 2 training to 1,103 children as part of its outreach programme in local schools and delivered grants for nine schools to install dedicated cycle parking.
Alongside this, 58 adults have taken part in free cycle skills training, while 17 free ‘Dr Bike’ repair sessions have been held across Hillingdon.
Several other infrastructure projects are also progressing, including design work on a new cycleway between West Drayton and Brunel University London, upgrades to the towpath of the Grand Union Canal in Uxbridge, and improvements to canal access points in Cowley and Yiewsley.
Cllr Steve Tuckwell, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Planning, Housing and Growth, said: “This project is a great example of how this council continues to invest in infrastructure that supports our ambition to create a safer, greener and more accessible borough while also making it easier for residents who want to keep active as part of a healthy lifestyle or travel more sustainably by bike or on foot.
“Projects like this, combined with our extensive free cycle training programmes, show Hillingdon Council once again putting residents first by investing in safer, more active and sustainable ways to travel across the borough.”
The scheme was paid for with Section 106 funding (which is provided by developers) and was supported by the Stockley Park Estate.
Read Hillingdon Council’s Cycle Strategy at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/cycling.
Find upcoming cycle skills sessions at www.hillingdon.gov.uk/cycling/cycle-skills-training
