Safer walking, wheeling and cycling between Cambridge and the western villages of Comberton, Hardwick, Coton.

The greenway will make it safer and easier to reach Cambridge University West Campus, the Sidgwick site and Newnham. As well as better access to Comberton Village College and Long Road Sixth Form.

Adams Road

The Adams Road section of the Comberton Greenway runs from Grange Road to Wilberforce Road junction. Already used by up to 3,000 cyclists daily, Adams Road will become England’s first Cycle Street.

Works started on Monday 13 October, and a compound has been established in the green field area of the Wilberforce/Adams Road junction.

On Sunday 12 October double yellow lines and traffic management barriers were installed along Adams Road to suspend on-road parking. This will remain in place for the duration of the project’s construction. Following completion of our works, a limited number or marked parking bays will be installed. These bays will likely be included as part of the ‘Wilberforce areas residents'’ parking scheme. For more information about this scheme, please visit the project page.

The removal of most of the on-street parking will improve safety and user-friendly conditions for pedestrians by creating more space along the footways whilst providing additional planting.

Initial works have commenced on the northern side of Adams Road and on the Wilberforce Road/Adams Road junction. These initial works will include site clearance, vegetation clearance and existing footway removal.

Daytime road closures are in place from the week commencing Monday 13 October with access being maintained for residents only between Wilberforce Road, Stacey Lane and Sylvester Road.

The works on Adams Road will involve altering the existing road layout by widening both sides of the footways to ensure there is appropriate room for pedestrians. As part of the new layout, cyclists will have priority over motor vehicles. All footways and the entire road will be resurfaced with planting areas along the road’s edge and the required drainage added.

The improvement of the existing signalised junction of Grange Road, a new raised table junction at Adams Road/Sylvester Road and new uncontrolled crossings on Adams Road are included in the project.

During works there will be closure points at each end of Adams Road, access for residents will remain, however residents may be expected to come through a particular end depending on the stage of works. Signage will be in place if this is the case.

We would like to thank the residents of Adams Road for their patience.

The works are anticipated to take approximately 30 weeks. To minimise disruption, works will be completed in two halves, with daytime road closures in place and access maintained for residents.

Coton village

Construction commenced Monday 29 September starting with The Footpath, Plough/High Street junction and Whitwell Way. Works on The Footpath and Plough/High Street junction will take place between 7.30am and 5.30pm with access for residents to be maintained by three-way temporary traffic lights. Works on Whitwell Way will take place between 9.30am and 3.30pm with two-way traffic lights in operation between these times. Footway closures with push-button crossings will be in place 24/7. The remaining works will be completed later in the programme.

Works in the village include street lighting upgrades, carriageway resurfacing, redesigned junctions, footway improvement works and raised traffic-calming features to improve safety and visibility. Additional drainage and landscaping are also planned to accommodate the main works.

Two raised asphalt tables, similar to those being installed in Barton village, will be introduced at the junction in the centre of the village (High Street/Cambridge Road) and outside Coton primary school as traffic calming measures to slow vehicle speeds. This will ensure parents and children will be able to cross safely at school drop-off and pickups while pedestrians and cyclists can cross the junctions at other times.

Works outside The Plough will consist of an introduction of a new formalised give way junction and new landscaping.

Works will take approximately 15 weeks. Most activity will take place during the day under temporary traffic management with access maintained as required, with some night-time closures for surfacing and road marking to minimise the impact to residents. Residents will receive advance notice of any road closures.

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We first consulted on the route spring 2019 with further engagement on our updated plans in summer 2022. Our decision-makers on the Executive Board agreed to proceed in December 2022 with some changes in response. These are summarised in the You Said We Did report. 

Starting in Comberton, the route heads north on Long Road and continues towards Coton. It then goes over the M11 bridge and carries on past the Cambridge University West Campus. A new link branches off towards Barton Road before the path continues along Adams Road, Grange Road, Sidgwick Avenue and before reaching Silver Street.