A new junction that will improve safety and journeys on Milton Road has taken a step forward.

The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) has largely completed three of the four sections of the new Cycling Optimised Protected Signals junction – known as a CYCLOPS – which segregates pedestrians and cyclists from motorised traffic to improve safety for everyone.

Once work is complete on the junction later this summer, it will become the second CYCLOPS junction in Cambridge following on from the one delivered by the GCP as part of the award-winning Histon Road scheme.

The GCP has created a video (also embedded below) to explain how people should approach and use the CYCLOPS junctions to help build confidence and encourage more people to walk, wheel and cycle.

Cllr Elisa Meschini, Chair of the GCP’s Executive Board, visited the site this week and said:

“Construction on the Milton Road project is making good progress, and it will make significant improvements to people’s everyday lives and journeys when it is fully open.

“The CYCLOPS junction has been an excellent addition to Histon Road, and this new junction will provide similar benefits to people travelling along Milton Road. It is part of our ambition to deliver first-class walking and cycling infrastructure to encourage more people to travel sustainability.”

The CYCLOPS is part of a raft of improvements being delivered as part of the GCP’s Milton Road project which aims to enhance bus and active travel and journeys along this key route in and out of Cambridge.

New bus lanes and walking and cycling links will be delivered as part of the scheme to help encourage more people to walk, cycle or take the bus – helping to cut journey times and improve safety for all users of Milton Road.

Since construction began, more than 2,900m of new cycle lanes and footpaths have been added along Milton Road which is almost two miles or the equivalent of 28 football pitches.

Milestone, the GCP’s contractors, have added over 8,700m of main, edging and kerbs – which is almost the height of Mount Everest – planted 115 trees and installed eight new bus stops.

Members of the community joined Cllr Meschini to help plant some of those new trees at the new-look Elizabeth Way roundabout last year as part of the GCP’s commitment to enhancing biodiversity as part of its infrastructure programme.

Construction on Milton Road is due to finish later this year. Visit the project page on our website for more information and the latest updates.