Bedlington travel corridor
Bedlington travel corridor
Enhanced walking routes, rail links, and community engagement ensure better connectivity.
Funded by the UK Government, the West to East Bedlington project aims to create a safer, greener active travel corridor.
Background
NCC successfully bid for £9 million in funding via the central government ‘Levelling Up Fund’ to implement measures forming a walking and cycling link throughout Bedlington.
The scheme also includes a £1 million local contribution. Levelling Up funding has been made available to support local authorities in driving productivity through public and sustainable transport infrastructure investments.
The Bedlington Active Travel Corridor will connect the west of Bedlington to the east of the town.
As part of the scheme, segregated walking and cycling facilities will be provided to better connect residents to employment, education and leisure facilities within Bedlington and improved connections to the wider Northumberland North East area. The corridor will provide a direct link to Bedlington Railway station, set to reopen as part of the Northumberland Line in 2025, providing rail travel between Ashington and Newcastle.
Scheme Aims
- improve the provision for Active Travel in Bedlington, providing high-quality walking, cycling and wheeling facilities
- encourage a modal shift away from private car use in an area of high reliance on private motor vehicles
- create improvements in air quality and road safety for cyclists and pedestrians as secondary effects of the reduction in overall reliability on cars
- tackle social inequality, enable development opportunities, facilitate modal shift and improve road safety
- link to future opportunities for funding
Users will also benefit from new and improved surface treatment on footways and carriageways, in addition to street furniture, public realm works, lighting, traffic signing, and road markings.
Programme timeline
- bid submitted for funding towards a new walking and cycling route in July 2022
- levelling Up Funding approved in January 2023
- public consultation in April 2023
- detailed designs commenced in spring/summer 2023
- phase 1 design finalised in summer 2024
- community drop-in in autumn 2024
- phase 1 construction commenced autumn 2024
- phase 2 construction commences May 2025
- phases 3 and 4 design approaching completion, construction mobilisation date to be confirmed
- phases 5 to 10 design underway
- community engagement in autumn/winter 2025
- final phase of construction anticipated for 2026
- anticipated project
Works to date
Construction on phase 1 commenced on site in autumn 2024.
This comprised of segregated and shared use pathways running along the B1331, through Hazelmere Avenue and along the pathway past Meadowdale Primary.
Construction on phase 2 is due to commence in May 2025.
This will comprise of a new crossing across Glebe Road, then shared-use pathways along Schalksmuhle Road to Gallagher Park via Hassop Way. As part of this phase a new crossing will also be introduced from the southern exit of Gallagher Park to the new retail development on Schalksmuhle Road.
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