Last year saw our Garden Town partners, Essex County Council, complete their upgrades and improvements across the Harlow cycling/walking route that connects Pinnacles to Nettleswell Orchard and now they want your feedback.
Initially built alongside Sir Frederick Gibberd’s Harlow New Town development, the dedicated 1.4 mile cycle/footway is not only a key route connecting businesses to the centre of Harlow but is well used by commuters and those travelling into the town centre.
Do you use the resurfaced route regularly to cycle and walk across Harlow and the local area?
If so then click here to take part in the short survey.
Funded by Active Travel England, the upgrades and improvements to the route feature:
· A fully kerb-separated cycleway and footway for most of the route
· Reconstructed pavements to improve surface quality
· New kerbing throughout the route
· Better signage and road markings for cyclists
· Upgraded street furniture, including cycle bollards
· Vegetation cleared to open up the route
· Tactile paving improved to meet accessibility standards
· New street lighting for better visibility and safety
· New and upgraded crossings:
· Hodings Road (West) Junction – A raised crossing now gives priority to people walking and cycling
· Hodings Road (East) Junction – Upgraded to a parallel crossing for smoother, safer journeys
This isn’t the only piece of new infrastructure dedicated to walking and cycling in Harlow with new routes between the Town Centre and Burnt Mill roundabout coming forward as part of the Sustainable Transport Corridor works currently taking place.
Want to get into cycling? Click here to read our blog from Harlow GP, Dr Tim Rundell, on the benefits of travelling around Harlow and the wider Garden Town area on bike.
