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:

• Streetlighting improvements located on New Road between Kings Grove junction and Comberton Road.

• Footway improvements located on New Road by Barton C of E Primary School.

• Kerbing & footway improvements on New Road in the section between High Street and School Lane.

These works will be completed utilising temporary traffic lights during the daytime to ensure the safety of the workforce and anyone travelling along the route. Overnight, road closures will be required for the surfacing of the road and footway. Information on upcoming road closures will confirmed nearer the time.

We would like to thank everyone from the local community 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. 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.

The first few hundred metres of the new kerb line have been installed between the Haggis Farm interchange and Laundry Farm along with all of the newly introduced drainage in this area which will 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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