A safer route between Waterbeach, Milton and Cambridge North.
Linking homes, schools and businesses in Waterbeach, Milton and northern Cambridge.
Joining up to the Chisholm Trail, Milton Road, Railway stations and Park and Rides for onward journeys.
Cowley Road improvements
We’re working until November 2024 to create a new, segregated cycle track and separate footway along Cowley Road. The path will have priority at side-roads and new crossings to the business parks.
Progress, what we did in August
August was a productive month. We set up the pedestrian management that will be in place for the duration of the works and cleared overgrown trees and hedges. We planned out works for the kerb between the cycleway and footway, and all lighting columns have also been removed to be renewed later.
Looking ahead, what will happen in September
September will be a busy month for us on site. We’ll start constructing the path and installing drainage, which will ensure the surface is useable in all weather. Junction improvement works will also begin to enable quicker and safer journeys.
Waterbeach Greenway: Cowley Road FAQs
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We expect a decision on the route consulted in Autumn 2023 to be taken by the GCP Executive Board in 2024.
The section south of the A14, including Cowley Road, was included in a 2018 public consultation and decisions taken by the GCP’s Executive Board in February 2020 and September 2022.
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Route overview
Subject to public consultation and agreement from landowners, the revised 5.5km greenway alignment would start on Cambridge Road in Waterbeach before using a new, off-road path along land behind Car Dyke Road. It would then continue along a new, off-road bridleway, through fields behind the A10 as far as Ely Road, where it would then continue through Milton village. From here it would use the Jane Coston Bridge over the A14 and join upgraded paths and cycle-tracks on Cowley Road on to Cambridge North railway station and the Chisholm Trail.
