News on Cycling and Walking Infrastructure

Welcome back

Welcome to our summer news bulletin about the Warwickshire Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.

This time last year we received over 2,000 comments and over 7,000 ‘contributions’ on the Commonplace walking and cycling survey. Your suggestions have been invaluable for preparing the Warwickshire Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP).

Consultation on the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan

We’d really appreciate it if you could take the time to let us know your views again. There’s an online survey about the draft LCWIP here: https://ask.warwickshire.gov.uk/ The draft LCWIP can be viewed or downloaded as part of the survey.

The closing date for comments is 14 August 2022.

Please note that the LCWIP covers the whole of Warwickshire and includes detailed infrastructure plans. The survey asks about a lot of areas, but you can choose which questions to answer, so please do take a look at locations that interest you.

Next Steps

Following the consultation, we will prepare a final version of the LCWIP for approval by Warwickshire County Council. This will be used to guide our future programme of walking and cycling schemes.

Latest walking and cycling updates

Alongside the development of the LCWIP, Warwickshire County Council supports a wide range of projects to promote active travel and address climate change.

• Cycle training - Warwickshire County Council can provide fully funded cycle training for young people and adults in schools, communities, and workplaces. Bikeability cycle training is delivered by Outspoken Training. Outspoken Training are searching for enthusiastic and energetic individuals to deliver Bikeability. For more information, please visit https://careers.outspokentraining.co.uk/jobs/1640963-cycle-instructor . For other details of cycle training visit https://outspokentraining.co.uk/bikeability/ or contact wccbikeability@warwickshire.gov.uk .

• Safe and Active Travel – the team have been helping schools to develop travel plans, and are now supporting workplaces and community groups. For more information: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/warwickshire-safe-active-travel

• Green Shoots community climate change funding – applications are now invited for small-scale projects https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/greenshootsfund. To find out about successful projects from last year, visit https://www.warwickshireclimateemergency.org.uk/get-inspired

• Commonwealth Games is coming to Warwickshire very soon, including the road race around Warwick on Sunday 7 August: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Birmingham2022commonwealthgames

• Warwickshire Waterways Strategy – we’ve produced a short video to describe the Strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBo-H-FC_1M

Changes to Highway Code https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-highway-code-8-changes-you-need-to-know-from-29-january-2022

The Highway Code is essential reading for all road users. In January 2022, changes to The Highway Code were introduced including:

• A new hierarchy of road-users to ensure those who can do the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger or threat they may pose to others.

• Existing rules on pedestrian priority updated to advise that drivers and riders should give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross the road.

• Guidance on cyclist priority at junctions to advise drivers to give priority to cyclists when they are travelling straight ahead.

• Guidance on safe passing distances and speeds when overtaking cyclists and horse riders.

Contact us

For more information, please email tpu@warwickshire.gov.uk

To report any issues on roads and rights of way, please visit: https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/reporthighwayproblem