Hull City Council has launched an eight-week engagement exercise to seek the feedback of residents, businesses and communities on its plan to improve cycling and walking routes in the city.
The council is seeking feedback on its new Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) 2025-2035, which looks to identify gaps in the city’s active travel network and proposes to invest in ways to address them over the next ten years, as funding becomes available. The LCWIP essentially acts as a plan for future schemes by identifying areas of the city where improvements are required.
The LCWIP proposes investment in five walking routes in Hull, where footfall is high and there are links to the hospital and local schools, including:
- Anlaby Road
- Hessle Road
- St George’s Road
- Boulevard
- Woodcock Street / Gordon Street / Cholmley Street.
The LCWIP also identified twelve cycling routes that are used by many people in the city when commuting to and from work. These are:
- Clough Road
- Preston Road
- Freetown Way
- Marfleet
- Cleveland Street
- Sutton Fields
- Kingswood
- Hessle Road
- Sutton Ings
- Thornton
- Hull to Cottingham
- Holderness Drain.
Also identified are six residential areas in the city that are close to schools and other local amenities, where the council says it is possible to provide travel options for short journeys or combine walking and cycling with the use of public transport to make wider journeys:
- Bransholme / Kingswood
- The Avenues
- North Hull Estate / Orchard Park
- Preston Road Estates
- Thornton Estate
- Longhill Estate.
The council is keen to understand people’s walking and cycling habits and is currently arranging a number of in person drop-in sessions across the city, the details of which will be announced in due course. An online survey has also been made available, with residents having until Friday, August 8 to have their say.
Councillor Mark Ieronimo, cabinet portfolio holder for transport and Infrastructure at Hull City Council, said: “Having an LCWIP in place is hugely important to the council, as it supports us in bidding for funding and is one of the considerations the Government makes when allocating money for active travel.
“To ensure our plan meets the aspirations of the city, we are keen to understand people’s walking and cycling habits and their attitudes towards the proposed LCWIP as well as seeking feedback on whether residents, businesses and communities agree with the council’s overall approach and the areas of the network identified for schemes to be delivered.”
For more information about the LCWIP and to complete the survey online, visit: Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan | Yoursay Hull
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