Cambridgeshire’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) forms part of the Government’s ambition to increase walking and cycling, particularly to school, by 2025. This aligns with the first Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS, 2017) and the CWIS 2 published in July 2022. The CWIS sets out the Government’s aim to make walking and cycling the natural choice for all short journeys, or as a part of a longer journey. Following publication of the CWIS, government guidance recommended that local authorities should develop Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans for their area. The Department for Transport advised that local authorities who have plans will be well placed to make the case for future investment.
Developing the LCWIP
A working group was formed in July 2018. This comprised of Cambridgeshire County Council officers and different local stakeholders. It included Camcycle, Cycling UK and the British Horse Society.
Cycle routes and core walking zones for each district were identified. It followed the CWS criteria and methodology used for identifying higher demand cycle routes and walking zones across the county. The cycling and walking routes were then prioritised by district. These prioritised routes were included within the Cambridgeshire LCWIP.
The draft LCWIP was consulted on in Summer 2021. Responses were considered as part of a final review of the document.
The final LCWIP was approved for adoption at the Highways and Transport Committee in October 2022. The plan is not a static document and will be updated on a regular basis.
Read a copy of the consultation report and updated LCWIP documents
All LCWIP schemes are included in the draft Cambridgeshire Active Travel Strategy vision of the future network as Tier 1 schemes. Comments received as part of the LCWIP consultation were fed into the development of the draft Active Travel Strategy and additional scheme proposals were considered in the development of the proposed future network as tier 2 schemes. The Active Travel Strategy was consulted on in the autumn of 2022 and was approved by the Highways and Transport Committee in March 2023.
