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Brückenschaden in England: Straße bei Nuneaton lange gesperrt - Zugverkehr läuft

#Bahninfrastruktur #Brücke #Eisenbahn #Großbritannien #Güterverkehr #MarstonLane #NetworkRail #Nuneaton #Straßensperrung #WestCoastMainLine

https://bahnblogstelle.com/260235/brueckenschaden-in-england-strasse-bei-nuneaton-lange-gesperrt-zugverkehr-laeuft/

New School Street Imminent

It’s been about eight months since Warwickshire County Council announced its plans for a new School Street in Nuneaton, but now it looks like it may finally become a reality. In its newsletter, Chetwynd Junior School has revealed that Caroline Close is proposed to be the site of the new scheme, expecting to start in May 2026.

This is excellent news for a school and street that is plagued by […]

Reform-led Council Omits Cycle Link in Highways Scheme

Warwickshire County Council has approved the design of an “upgraded” roundabout that sits between Bedworth and Coventry, just within the county border. The junction is an important link in the Coventry-Bedworth-Nuneaton urban corridor and indeed has been part of a long-planned cycle route. But with this roundabout design omitting a north-south cycle link, that route for active travel may be scuppered.

https://fiets.uk/2025-09-26/reform-led-council-omits-cycle-link-in-highways-scheme/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none

#Bedworth #CllrAdrianWarwick #CllrChrisMorris #CllrEdwardHarris #CllrGeorgeFinch #CllrJenniferWarren #CllrJonathanChilvers #CllrKateRolfe #CllrKeithKondakor #CllrNickiScott #CllrSarahBoad #CllrSarahFeeney #CllrStanCarvell #CllrStuartGreen #CllrYousefDahmash #LongfordRoad #Nuneaton #Reform #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireHighways #WilsonsLane

📣 Exciting News 📣 #Nuneaton may be about to get its first School Street! #WarwickshireCountyCouncil has said that it's in the planning stages for a new scheme at Chetwynd Junior School/Caroline Close, after the success of its first trial at Eastlands Primary in Rugby!

#SchoolStreets #ActiveTravel

https://fiets.uk/2025-07-03/is-nuneaton-about-to-get-its-first-school-street

Is Nuneaton about to get its first School Street?

Following the successful pilot of a scheme at Eastlands Primary School in Rugby, and in exciting news for those who want to see improved safety, better air quality, and more pleasant environments outside of school gates, Warwickshire County Council has revealed that it is planning a new School Streets trial, with Chetwynd Junior School and Caroline Close in Nuneaton set to benefit.

https://fiets.uk/2025-07-03/is-nuneaton-about-to-get-its-first-school-street/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none

#ActiveTravel #CarolineClose #ChetwyndJuniorSchool #GipsyLane #Infrastructure #Nuneaton #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil

Diverting pedestrians because of works closing a path? Be sure to teach them how to cross a quiet residential road. Don't worry about telling drivers to look out for extra foot traffic.

Regent Street, #Nuneaton: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XAJ3nESJeZYbccz36

#WarwickshireCountyCouncil #MUAElectricity #MUAGroup

A near clean sweep for Reform here in #Nuneaton + #Bedworth with a complete wipe-out of Conservative councillors for the borough. Seems clear people had lost faith in the old Tory administration but those mindful to vote simply switched their shade of blue.

#LE2025 #LocalElections2025

Another low turnout in #Nuneaton and #Bedworth at just ~31% (though slightly up on the borough council election turnout last year of ~27%). It's common in local polls but still shows most people do not engage in who represents and makes decisions for them. #LE2025 #LocalElections2025

My Labour MP just knocked on the door! Pleased to have a chat but did say my vote went Green, but a tough decision; if we had PR/STV, Labour would've been my #2. Worryingly, she thinks Reform will have a very strong showing in borough 🤬

#LocalElections2025 #LE2025 #Nuneaton #Bedworth #Warwickshire

New on the blog: Reporting an excessive speed limit on an important main road needed to access a brand new secondary school that is due to open in September. Will #WarwickshireCountyCouncil be proactive in road safety and get this dropped to 30mph before school starts?

https://fiets.uk/2025-03-13/proactive-road-safety-improvements-before-school-starts/

#Nuneaton #HighamLane #HLNAcademy #VisionZero #SpeedLimit #RoadSafety

#Warwickshire is getting a smidge over £2.9m from the latest award from Active Travel England - I wonder if this means they'd finally be able to move forward with their long-promised cycle schemes in #Nuneaton and #Bedworth?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y745z128eo

#Cycling #ActiveTravel #WarwickshireCountyCouncil

I've taken a closer look and submitted comments about
#WarwickshireCountyCouncil's new plans for redeveloping #Nuneaton's ring road with a gyratory. Despite years of development, they still fall short for active travel - in one case, dangerously so! But is better possible?

#ActiveTravel #Cycling

https://fiets.uk/2025-02-04/gyratory-plans-for-nuneatons-ring-road

Gyratory plans for Nuneaton’s ring road

A critical look at Warwickshire’s plans for a redeveloped junction on Nuneaton’s ring-road which, in one instance at least, might be considered negligent to the safety of those using active travel.

https://fiets.uk/2025-02-04/gyratory-plans-for-nuneatons-ring-road/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none

#A444 #Infrastructure #LeicesterRoad #LeicesterRoadGyratory #NewtownRoad #Nuneaton #Plans #TransformingNuneaton #VicarageStreet #WarwickshireCountyCouncil

Video: Proposals for Nuneaton’s Leicester Road Gyratory

Warwickshire County Council has released its latest iteration of design for redeveloping an important road junction in Nuneaton, linking Leicester Road, Newtown Road, and Vicarage Street into one large gyratory. Here, I take a look at those plans from an active travel perspective (walking, wheeling, and cycling) to see what we have and where the plans fall down.

A written article is also […]

https://fiets.uk/2025-01-19/video-proposals-for-nuneatons-leicester-road-gyratory/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none

#BondStreet #LeicesterRoad #NewtownRoad #Nuneaton #NuneatonTrainStation #RegentStreet #VicarageStreet #WarwickshireCountyCouncil

The barrier complaint – an update

Earlier this year I entered into a protracted complaint with the County Council about the sudden installation of a chicane barrier on a short piece of path that is vital for accessing a formal shared use route. Counting from the date of installation, the matter has been going on for almost seven months, so here’s a quick update.

https://fiets.uk/2024-11-28/the-barrier-complaint-an-update/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none

#Accessibility #Barrier #ChicaneBarrier #Infrastructure #Nuneaton #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireHighways

If you live in, work in, or visit #Nuneaton town centre (or know people who do), #WarwickshireCountyCouncil is looking for your views on improving access to and movement around the town centre, including for walking, wheeling, cycling, and public transport. A consultation runs to 22 December.

https://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/news/article/5743/have-your-say-on-nuneaton-town-centre-s-access-and-movement-proposals

On the blog today: With proposals for two local schools to expand, risking inducing yet more motor traffic from a large catchment area, should and could this be an opportunity for meaningful improvements for active travel and safe routes to school?

https://fiets.uk/2024-11-14/school-expansion-an-active-travel-opportunity/

#Warwickshire #Nuneaton #SchoolStreets #ActiveTravel

School expansion – An active travel opportunity?

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Consultations are currently underway following proposals to expand two Nuneaton schools to accommodate growing demand. Those schools, like so many others, are known to suffer with motor traffic congestion at the peak times of drop-off and pick-up – a situation that will only get worse without some form of mitigation.

With this in mind, it is perhaps an opportunity to press the County Council to make some changes that can improve the walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling environment to and around these schools. Neither are well-served by active travel infrastructure – there’s a limited shared-use route through a nearby park in one direction and narrow footpaths which get very crowded at peak times – and the areas are plagued with bad driving, pavement parking and stopping on prohibited areas, idling engines, general heavy traffic. There is then the resulting poor air quality, noise pollution, risk of collisions, general stresses – none of which are good for children (or their adults) and are not conducive to positive learning.

A number of options are available which can improve the situation by making driving less attractive while making active travel an easier, safer option:

• School streets – closing roads to motor vehicles at key times;
• 20mph speed limits;
• Wider footpaths;
• Removal of obstructions on the shared-use route;
• Improve road crossings;
• Separated cycle infrastructure, particularly on main roads.

The catchment for these schools includes housing estates some distance away where people are not likely to walk. Thus without safe cycle routes, the default option will be to drive. The County Council has a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Nuneaton which includes routes which would benefit these schools. It also has a Local Transport Plan that supposedly prioritises active travel. So, whilst noting that funding is always a challenge, it should surely be a requirement of expansion that at least some improvements are forthcoming to mitigate against new motor traffic.

The consultations for the two schools run until 29 November 2024, and my own submission is now available to read for those who want a bit more detail.

#ChetwyndJuniorSchool #ChildFriendlyWarwickshire #Nuneaton #SafeRoutesToSchool #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WhitestoneInfantSchool

Bad news for active travel in Warwickshire as the County Council KILLS OFF part of its planned A47 cycle scheme in Nuneaton: https://fiets.uk/2024-10-20/county-council-kills-off-its-a47-long-shoot-cycle-scheme/

#Warwickshire_CC #WarksHighways #Nuneaton #Warwickshire #A47 #LongShoot #Cycling #ActiveTravel

Back in December 2023, Warwickshire County Council stated that it had paused development of a mostly separated cycle scheme to run alongside the A47 from its junction with the A5 towards Nuneaton town centre. Now, the Council’s Forward Plan published in October 2024 shows the decision on the scheme as “Abandoned” and it has been suggested that the Long Shoot portion of the planned route may not be going ahead.

https://fiets.uk/2024-10-20/county-council-kills-off-its-a47-long-shoot-cycle-scheme/

#A47 #A47HinckleyRoad #CllrJeffClarke #Infrastructure #LongShoot #Longshoot #MarcusJonesMP #Nuneaton #WarwickshireCountyCouncil

The seemingly unending chicane barrier issue raised with Warwickshire County Council continues as a manager finally responds to the escalated complaint detailed back in July. It’s taken a long time, and a lot of chasing to get this reply – but which still fails to properly consider the points originally raised back on 16 May 2024.

To briefly recap, in April the County Council installed a […]

https://fiets.uk/2024-08-27/escalated-complaint-still-ignored-by-council/

#Accessibility #Barrier #ChicaneBarrier #Infrastructure #Nuneaton #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireHighways

Chronicling the protracted continuing saga of a new chicane barrier, installed suddenly and without warning in April 2024 by Warwickshire County Council, on a short path close to a formal shared use walking and cycling route – but without proper consideration to current legislation, design standards for accessibility, or its own policies regarding transport and active travel.

https://fiets.uk/2024-07-18/the-continuing-saga-of-a-chicane-barrier/

#Accessibility #Barrier #ChicaneBarrier #Infrastructure #Nuneaton #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireHighways

14.5 miles of family cycling from Nuneaton to Burbage, exploring part of the scarecrow trail, and back home again. Including a stop off at the canalside pub on the way back too. Very nice indeed!

#cycling #nuneaton #burbage #hinckley #canal #pub #scarecrowTrail

Excuse the FB link, but this is a picture of the Gipsy Lane rebuild for a new housing development in #Nuneaton. If this is shared-use, how is that in any way acceptable from #Bellway Homes and #Warwickshire_CC, locking in substandard "infrastructure" for years?

https://www.facebook.com/BicycleBenUK/posts/pfbid0TqMmheVaquNeSBtRT92E9XtNyJ62oXFUEhdxnKs112b6c8VvZc6tbxr7gPhWceedl