Hills Road

[ewx]

Contrary to my previous understanding of the planned disruption in at least two ways, Hills Road is now one way southbound to motor traffic from OLEM all the way to Station Road (using the usually-northbound side of the road). There are also barriers placed to create a lane for northbound cycles.

• Press release
• Cambridge News article

Comments

[gerald_duck]

I just wandered round for a look and things seemed to be flowing better than I'd feared. I need to get from Cherry Hinton Road onto Brooklands Avenue then Fen Causeway of an evening, and that might be OK, provided I don't do anything stupid like trying to make the journey during the rush hour.

One thing I did notice was that the northbound cycle lane is awfully narrow and beset by drain covers. It's way narrower than the 1.5m recommended minimum, and I saw a cyclist with a trailer in real difficulty. I wonder what happens when something too wide tries to get down there; is there some legislated maximum width for bicycles in the UK?

[sphyg.livejournal.com]

It was chaotic this afternoon, but there was a lack of cones and things last night (8pm). I'm assuming the restriction is 24 hour...

[lnr]

Two ways?

The cycle campaign had been told it would be one-way southbound but that cycles would be allowed through northbound, and I was wondering how that was going to work out!