Stirling Council awarded cycling money by sustrans
Stirling Council was successful in their bid to Sustrans Community Links programme. There are three areas of work that will be undertaken:-
Bannockburn
This is Phase 1 of a scheme to provide cycle routes between Bannockburn and Stirling City Centre and areas to the east and west of the City. This Phase 1 proposal is an offroad cycle route linking Bannockburn to Balquhidderock via two primary schools, a seconday school, local shops, library and a park. The project is part of a wider package of access and environmental enhancements in the area which include the creation of the Bannockburn Heritage Trail and improvements to Ladywell Park, Bannockburn as part of the delivery of the Central Scotland Green Network in Stirling. The wider package also includes streetscape improvements at the Quakerfield shoping parade in Bannockburn.
Cornton
The project will provide a new off road cycle / pedestrian route alongside one of the main routes into the City, connecting Cornton to Stirling Bridge, where the route then connects with NCN765 and routes south into Stirling City and west to Raploch, Forth Valley College, and Castle Business Park. The route will provide a direct, safe and attractive route linking the Cornton community to both the local primary school and to the City and will become another 'cross town' route linking the communities and facilities to the north of the River Forth to those to the south.
Community Links Engagement Programme
This bid seeks funding for pre-construction works (community engagement and provisional design) in 2012/13 for community links projects which could be delivered in 2013/15. A two stage community consultation process, led by Forth Environment Link (The new home of the old Going Carbon Neutral Stirling "Cycle Stirling" project) with Stirling Council, will work with cyclists to develop the potential links, before engaging with the respective local communities and completing provisional designs.
The potential links are missing links in identified cycle networks and would be from:
- Bannockburn to City Centre and NCN76 (Phases 2 and 3)
- St.Ninians Primary / Stirling High (Phase2)
- Routes to Stirling and Dublane Stations
- NCN765 though Dunblane
- NCN765 between Doune and Callander & potential links
- Promotion (signage and mapping)
The project will:
- facilitate the delivery of routes which meet the demands of communities
- in maximising awareness of the links and the wider cycle network, will help maximise their use by communities
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Comment by Andrew Abbess on January 15, 2013 at 12:33 -
Many thanks to everyone who has contributed so far in the Community Links Engagement Programme Consultation Project - it's looking good, and hopefully:
1. People will see how it is informing our thinking / bids2. SUSTRANS will appreciate the input of the Cycling Community when future bids are being made
The Consultation projects were:-- Bannockburn
- NCN76 Manor Powis
- NCN765 Glen Road to Dunblane High
- Stirling Station
- Dunblane Station
- Hillfoots Trail
In the first instance I should point out that with the limited staff resources that are left in Stirling Council we are struggling to deliver the two projects we have this year (and that is with one of them progressing smoothly). We do have a term consultant which we also use, however this still takes up a significant amount of time, so there remains a finite amount of resource which limits the number of projects that can be taken forward.
Taking the above constraint into account, at this stage we propose to submit the following in the next round of Community Links Bids (NB. As we develop these projects in more detail, we may come across an issue which prevents submission)
Bannockburn Phase 2: The work in 2012/13 was submitted as the first phase of a bigger project to deliver a route between Bannockburn and the City. We wish to continue this
NCN765 Bridge of Allan to Doune: principally works at Fourways, Dunblane to increase visibility, but to also include signage between Bridge of Allan and Doune
Stirling Station: if it can physically be fitted in, a shared use route between the Station and Seaforth Place, and potentially some minor infrastructure works on Seaforth Place itself. The key issue remains an interim crossing solution at Seaforth Place. We'll be leaving the section between Seaforth Pl and Wallace St at this moment due to a development which we expect to be built here before 2014.
Dunblane station: 2 year bid matched by Network Rail's proposed footbridge. Yr 1 construction of footbridge by Network Rail and consultation on station access improvements
Hillfoots / Blairlogie: matching with 2014 Legacy bid to widen footway
So (for us) that's 4 construction projects - and 1 consultation project.
We have already put NCN76 projects at Manor Powis and Cowie-Fallin in the Inner Forth Landscape process, and will find out in the next couple of months if these are preferred projects to be worked up into detailed bids. If so we then intend to submit the Manor Powis project matched by Inner Forth Landscape monies for 2014/15.
We feel the consultation project has been valuable - and as discussed - will draft up an extension of the project to submit to SUSTRANS (based on projects for which informal consultation which will be useful next year, and hopefully consultation to inform the 15yr rural transport programme)
thanks
Jonathan Padmore Transport Planning Stirling Council
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Comment by Andrew Abbess on October 4, 2012 at 12:06
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The opportunity to feedback on the Sustrans funded Bannockburn works is here:
http://www.cyclestirling.org.uk/profiles/blogs/stirling-council-con...
The Community Links Engagement Programme is about to start and there will be site visits with Council staff & interested members of the public (cyclists) to look at and provide input into provisional designs for Sustrans community links projects which could be delivered in 2013/15.
The locations and dates & times of site visits are:-
Manor Powis/Hillfoots – October 24 10.00 am -3.00 pm
Bannockburn - October 25 - 9.00 am -1.00 pm
Dunblane – November 12 10.00 am - 3.00 pm
Stirling Station area – November 15 4.00 - 7.00 pm
If you are interested in attending any of these site visits please contact:
Jane Cullingworth
Executive Director
Forth Environment Link
Earlsgate House
St. Ninian’s Road
Stirling FK8 2HE
01786 449215
Jane@forthenvironmentlink.org
Web: www.forthenvironmentlink.org
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Comment by Ray Statter on September 28, 2012 at 13:09 -
This sounds like good news
I do a lot of cycling from Bannockburn to Stirling and these will be welcome improvements.
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