‘Experimental traffic measures’ to get less people using cars to be made permanent across Cambridgeshire

It includes restricting access on roads and speed reductions

Author: Victoria HornagoldPublished 6th Dec 2023
Last updated 6th Dec 2023

A number of experimental traffic measures and restrictions are set to be made permanent in an attempt to encourage more people to walk and cycle across Cambridgeshire.

The measures include restricting car access on some roads, speed reductions and the creation of protected bike lanes.

Cambridgeshire County Council said the projects all help to encourage people to walk and cycle instead of using a car.

The scheme has divided opinion though, with others raising concerns about the impact on businesses and of displacing traffic to other areas.

At a meeting of the highways and transport committee this week (December 5), councillors agreed to make a traffic regulation order to make five schemes permanent.

What are the five measures being made permanent?

  • Modal filters installed on Vinery Road, Cambridge
  • Modal filters installed on Church Street, Cambridge
  • One-way section on Cambridge Road, Madingley
  • Contra-flow cycle lane in Ambury Road, Huntingdon
  • Removal of the layby on East Road, Cambridge

Modal features are any measure, at a single point in a road, that allows the passage of some modes of transport but not others.

The report said negative feedback had been received about both schemes and therefore officers proposed for more work to be done to improve the changes, including for emergency services and bus services using the junctions.

The county council also agreed to support the retention of interim measures at the A505/A1301 junction and the Newmarket Road/Wadloes Road/Barnwell Road junction, and traffic calming measures in Bassingbourn.

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