Walking and cycle routes to open in £1.1m project

More than £1.1m is to be spent on creating two cycling and walking routes in Peterborough.

The routes would be built in Bourges Boulevard and Stanham Way, the Labour-led city council agreed on Tuesday.

Some of the money would also be put towards the ongoing Station Quarter project, which is redeveloping the area near the city's railway station.

Paul Bristow, the mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said the area would be "healthier, wealthier and happier" as a result of the latest investment.

Work will be jointly-funded by Peterborough City Council and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.

A total of £1,138,537 has been pledged by the authorities.

Parts of the existing Bourges Boulevard cycleway route will be upgraded during the project and a new stretch created.

In Stanham Way, an disused bridge will be reopened to provide walking and cycling connections from Crown Lakes Country Park.

The new footways and cycleways would be funded by a chunk of the money given to the Station Quarter scheme, the council said.

Angus Ellis, the council's cabinet member for transport and environment, said: "I am delighted that these vital projects can now move forwards.

"We remain fully committed to providing quality walking and cycling routes across Peterborough so that more people can travel to work, education or for leisure in a sustainable way."

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