Latest Nottingham travel updates 27 January - 3 February
Roadworks
Monday 16 January - Thursday 16 February: New Horizon, Thane Road
Three way lights and two way lights for new gas mains works
Thursday 19 January - Wednesday 1 February: The Wells Road/Brewsters Road
Three way lights for Cadent Gas replacement works
Saturday 21 January - Monday 30 January: Meadow Lane outside Total Produce
Lane closure for Western Power Distribution works Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 January and Sunday 29 - Monday 30 January only. Working day 8am-4.30 weekends and 9.30am-2.30pm Monday
Wednesday 25 January - Tuesday 31 January: Kingsbury Drive, Leen Valley. Emergency gasworks by Cadent Gas. Road closure at junction with Beechdale Road
Friday 27 January - Friday 3 March: Tettenbury Road, Berridge Road closure & parking suspension – whole street. Access will be maintained for residents during footpath and road resurfacing
Saturday 28 January: Chatsworth Avenue at the top of Nottingham Road
Road closure for BT Open Reach underground network works. On site diversions in place
Saturday 28 January - Sunday 29 January: Junction of Bar Lane and Nuthall Road
Lane closures for National Grid works. On site diversions in place
Sunday 29 January 9.30am-3.30pm: Outbound lane closure at Bobbers Mill Bridge
Emergency gasworks by Cadent Gas
Monday 30 January - Friday 3 February 7pm - 6am: Road Closure of George Green Way between Jesse Boot Avenue & Fellows Way Night working by WHP Telecoms on behalf of Vodafone
Monday 21 February - Friday 25 February: Mansfield Road, just off Woodthorpe
Contraflow system and pedestrian management in place for telecoms works
Ongoing roadworks
Monday 9 January for around 12 weeks: A52 Derby Road between QMC roundabout and Priory roundabout
Due to Cadent Gas upgrade works along Derby Road the westbound lane on the A52 at QMC roundabout will be closed. National Highways have specified a route diversion via the A6005 and Woodside Road to Priory roundabout. The diversion route will be signposted. Parking on Woodside Road suspended.
More information about the diversion here.
More information about the gas works on Cadent's website here.
Cadent Gas works programme: Monday 9 January to Summer 2023
Cadent Gas will be undertaking a major project to replace Old Cast Gas Mains with New PE pipe. This will involve Temporary Traffic Signals, Lane Closures & Road Closures. Access will always be maintained.
Works are taking place across Sherwood, Bulwell and Bulwell Forest, Mapperley, and Bestwood. See the full list of planned works here.
Friday 23 July 2021 - May 2023: High Cross Street (city centre)
Road closure between Heathcoat Street and Western Street due to demolition works.
A52 Nottingham junctions (National Highways) End date: 2023/24
National Highways have identified junctions for improvement, see here.
Since Silverdale junction opened Sept 2022 National Highways identified an issue with traffic signals.
Click here to read National Highways newsletter about the changes they're making to improve the A52 Nottingham junctions.
Walking and cycling
Sustrans NCN6 portrait bench unveiled!
The bench features three statues immortalising local heroes, Karl White, Emily Campbell and Sheku Kanneh-Mason. The local community and representatives attended the unveiling including Emily Campbell and Karl White's daughter Shareene White, as well as local school children.
The bench is located between the Mill Street Recreation ground where Basford United play and the River Leen. This route is part of the National Cycle Network (NCN) route 6.
You can read more about Sustrans' portrait benches here.
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Children and young people cycling survey
As part of a new research project with Manchester Metropolitan University, British Cycling want to hear from children and young people aged 9-18 – regardless of their experience – to take a short survey to help us to better understand their motivations, barriers, and engagement with cycling activities.
So if you know anyone under 18, please ask them to take part, you’ll be playing your part in getting more young people into cycling both now and in the future – so thank you! And they’ll be entered to win a £100 amazon gift voucher, too.
Take part here.
Have your say on the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan🚲
The LCWIP identifies the routes for which we would like to see investment in cycling and walking improvements over the next 15 years, across the whole D2N2 area covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and Derby and Derbyshire.
The plan will then be used to support funding bids in order to develop and deliver the new infrastructure.
This is your opportunity to comment on the content of the LCWIP and let us know if you support our joint ambitions by completing the online survey which can be found here. It will remain open until 8 March 2023, so please ensure you respond by this date.
Read more here.
Linking up City Centre Cycling Routes🚲
🚴♀️ Works have kicked off at the Station Street/London Road junction on the latest phase of our City Centre Cycle routes, linking the east and west of the city with safe segregated cycling infrastructure.
Various, mainly off-peak lane closures will be required throughout the project as we complete the project to join the segregated cycleways nearby and install marked on road cycle lanes through the junction, improve pedestrian crossing facilities and more.
Read more here.
Sign up to our Active Travel News & Updates Monthly Newsletter
New for 2023, we are publishing a monthly Active Travel- News & Updates newsletter. You can sign up here. In this newsletter we will provide further information of existing, new and upcoming active travel schemes. We will also be sharing your stories of cycling, walking or wheeling in Nottingham! Read more about it here.
Want to share your active travel story to encourage more people to cycle/walk/wheel more often? Get in touch on [email protected] and we will be giving away Love to Ride t-shirts and beanies as a thank you to the first four respondents!
Colwick Country Park Access Improvements
The scheme includes a new multiuser path adjacent to Racecourse Road and widening/resurfacing of the existing paths around the southern and eastern edge of the West Lake. Read more here.
The park will remain open during construction and the works will be delivered in phases. Work commenced Tuesday 20 September and is expected to last 18 weeks.
From the end of January, through to the end of March further improvements will be carried out to the bridle path in Colwick Country Park running clockwise around West Lake.
Public transport
Bus services🚌
Your brand new Bulwell Bus Station is on its way!
Great to see that construction on the brand new Bulwell Bus station has begun!
Wondering where to catch your bus or about the plans for the new bus station? Get all the info here.
Bulwell Bus Station will be closed from Monday 16 January to Saturday 22 April for these improvement works.
£2 single bus fare on all Nottingham buses January-March 2023
Get around for £2 this winter! From 1 January to 31 March, a single bus journey will cost no more than £2 on most routes across England, thanks to the government’s Help for Households campaign. All local bus operators in Nottingham are taking part in the scheme.
Read more about it here.
A new bus lane on the A610
Bus services will benefit from the introduction of the bus lane and further bus priority measures. This scheme builds on existing improvements made along the A610 bus corridor. Read more about it here.
Tram services 🚎
Get around for £1 on the tram!📢
Make sure you don’t miss out on NET’s incredible offer to get unlimited tram travel for a year for JUST £1 a day – so if you use the tram more than around once a week, it could save you money!
Their annual ticket is just £365 at the moment (usually £585) and is available via NETGo! and the Travel Centre. This offer ends 31 January, so be quick! https://nottinghamcity.smartcitizen.net/net
Rail services🚃
📢Strike Action📢
The next dates for National rail strikes are on Wednesday 1 February and Friday 3 February 2023. Severe disruption is expected. Please check with your operator for the latest information and avoid travelling by rail on these days if possible. If you have booked passenger assistance please contact your operator.
Main operators affecting Nottingham Station:
EMR
Northern
Cross Country
Disruption/Engineering works🚧
East Midlands Railway: There are a number of minor service disruptions & changed train times across the EMR network over the next few weeks due to engineering works. The disruption will mostly affect early or late trains.
 More Transport News
Charting a path to Nottingham's Transport future
In partnership with Midlands Connect, Nottingham City Council hosted the Nottingham Transport Summit at Nottingham Trent University on Monday 16 January, with over 80 delegates attending.
Read more about it here.
Partnering with VivaCity to reduce congestion and emissions
Across Nottingham, VivaCity is installing 219 sensors with a mix of Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), traffic monitoring and Smart Signal Control system capabilities to help enhance the transport network and improve urban infrastructure.
Read more about it here.
Over 4,000 streetlights replaced with new LEDs
We’re on track to replace 34,300 lights with new energy saving LED (light-emitting diode) sources. Nottingham City Council successfully bid for £7m from the Government’s Levelling Up fund, which will be used for this work.
Read more about it here!
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