Barton Road (A603) improvements

Work on Barton Road has been completed. The shared use path is now fully complete and open to public use.

The scheme runs from the A603/M11 roundabout to the Barton Road lay-by and includes:

• better drainage, ensuring the route can be used year round.
• improved segregation between the path and the road to improve safety .
• creating a wider, smoother, shared use path.
• a slower, safer speed limit for vehicles travelling along Barton Road.

Barton Village

In Barton village, we’re delivering improvements designed to make day-to-day journeys easier by:

• Making walking and cycling safer for everyone, including children, families, and older residents.
• Improving visibility with better lighting.
• Increasing comfort and safety for more vulnerable pedestrians with smoother pavements and crossings.
• Reducing speeding by introducing a 20mph speed limit.

This section of the Barton Greenway has largely been completed. Works will resume in February to complete the parallel crossing near Kings Grove which will ensure safe travel for path users. These works will require temporary traffic lights. We do not expect to have to close any roads to complete the programme.

We would like to thank everyone from the local community for their patience as work in Barton village and the rest of the Greenway continues.

Overall, our works in Barton village have delivered:

• Improved drainage to help keep the carriageway safe.
• Upgraded street lighting.
• New features such as speed humps and raised table junctions to complement the extension of the 20mph speed limit throughout the village, making roads safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
• Resurfaced paths and roads.
• A new crossing to make journeys safer.
• Improved landscaping.