The proposed footway and cycle way improvements form part of Staffordshire County Council’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for the Burton Area.
The objectives of the Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) are:
- Better Safety - A safe and reliable way to travel for short journeys.
- Better Mobility - More people cycling and walking, easy normal and enjoyable.
- Better Streets - Places that have cycling and walking at their heart.
The Borough Road cycle track will be the second section of various planned phases to improve connectivity between the town centre and the residential areas to the north and west, while also linking the Railway Station with Sustrans National Cycle Network routes (NCN 63 and 54). These measures also supported as part of the Burton Town Investment Plan.
The links will reconnect Burton Town Centre with housing growth areas, residential areas, the canal, town centre developments and the River Trent.
It will improve journeys into and through Burton Town Centre for work, leisure, educational, retail journeys as well as access to railway station to provide sustainable transport links with the wide region.