Barton Village

Work to widen the footway, improve signage and upgrade street lighting is underway in Barton as part of our work to introduce safer crossings and traffic calming.

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 throughout the village

Current works include:

• The installation of new streetlight columns located on New Road.

• Completion of the drainage improvements and road’s kerb line located on Kings Grove and New Road.

• Installation of the raised table located on New Road and Kings Grove.

• Installing the surface layer of tarmac to the footway on New Road and Kings Grove.

These planned works will be completed utilising both multiway lights during days and road closures at night. The road closures only affect the surfacing works located on the road and footway.

The following works will also be completed on Comberton Road & the junction of High Street/School Lane/New Road:

• Completion of the drainage improvements on Comberton Road.

• Completion of the landscaping works located between School Lane and High Street.

• Begin upgrades to streetlighting located on New Road between Kings Grove Junction and Comberton Road.

The works within this section will utilise traffic lights during daytime working to ensure the works are completed safely.

We would like to thank everyone from the local community, businesses and parish council for their patience as work on the Barton Greenway continues.

Overall, our works in Barton village will deliver:

• 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 in the centre of the village and vegetation clearance making walkways easier to navigate

• New landscaping with wildflowers and trees along High Street/School Lane/New Road will provide a green space for the community. You will still be able to continue your journeys via High Street/Comberton Road/New Road

Barton Road (A603) improvements

Works on Barton Road started in August and will last for around 21 weeks. The road remains open during the day, with night-time closures (8pm–6am) and a signed diversion route in place each night.

A temporary footway has been installed to safely divert pedestrians and cyclists while works are ongoing on the main pathway.

The scheme runs from the A603/M11 roundabout to the Barton Road lay-by, including a safer, wider path for pedestrians and cyclists, better drainage, and a reduced speed limit. Access to properties will be maintained.

The works have progressed well with the removal of the existing tarmac path and road kerb line between the Haggis Farm interchange to Laundry Farm. New drainage works have also commenced preparation for the new carriageway kerb line. Fibre network ducting has been added as part of the county wide initiative for future proofing. The installation of the ducting will reduce the need for future works requiring excavation of the road, making fibre network connections quicker and easier.

New kerbs have been put in place and sections of the newly widened path have been completed up to the base tarmac level. The associated drainage works will be completed with new drainage being installed to reduce surface water on the path and road.

The official diversion can be viewed below. During the day, the road will be re-opened with a speed restriction and temporary traffic lights in place to enable pedestrians and cyclists to cross at specific locations (push button lights). The diversion route has been selected so that it is suitable for all vehicles, including HGVs, along roads that are designed for higher volumes of traffic to ensure vehicles are able to flow freely.

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