Making Essex safer, greener and healthier
We’re developing cycling and walking networks across Essex and would now like to hear from residents in Basildon, Castle Point, Rochford and Witham. Are the routes we’ve identified broadly correct? Are any key routes missing? What are the key issues in these areas? Please click on the link further down this page to access the survey and give us your feedback – the survey is open until 15th January 2024.
This consultation follows the one held recently for Braintree, Brentwood, Chelmsford and Colchester. A report on what we found out will be published shortly.
These cycling and walking networks are called Local Cycling Walking and Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) which are evidence-led, long-term plans to help identify cycling, walking, and wheeling improvements at the local level as set out in the Government’s Gear Change 2020 report available to read here.
They’re important as they help us identify key walking and cycling routes used by residents to connect to places such as schools, workplaces and shops.
We want to encourage everyone in Essex to travel sustainably - walk, cycle or use public transport - rather than automatically jumping into cars, especially for shorter journeys. By designing and building more infrastructure that creates healthy streets and encourages cycling and walking, Essex residents will have more choice and gain health benefits through reduced congestion and better air quality. New infrastructure can also help residents save money when other costs continue to increase and make the roads less busy for those who have to use it.
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Active travel road map 2023/24
A summary of how we are transforming travel in Essex to make the county safer, greener and healthier.
Oct/Nov/Dec 2023
- Engagement with local communities in Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harlow.
- Public consultation on cycling and walking networks in Basildon, Castlepoint, Rochford and Witham.
- Engagement about healthy school streets in Brentwood, Wickford and Colchester.
Early 2024
- Public consultation on proposed routes in Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harlow.
- Public consultation on cycling and walking networks in Epping Forest, Maldon, Clacton and county-wide.
April 2024 onwards
- Construction starts on healthy school streets plus Colchester 4 route and Harlow 9 route.
Closed activities
Essex Air Quality Strategy
Councils across Essex, Southend and Thurrock have been working in partnership to develop an Essex Air Quality Strategy. This strategy sets out our current understanding of the air quality issues in Essex and outlines the actions we plan to take to improve air quality. The draft strategy has been developed by the Essex Air Quality Consortium, which brings together all 15 borough, district, city, county and unitary councils across Essex to work together to improve air quality in...
Essex Transport Strategy
Background Transport is critical to all aspects of our everyday lives. From how we travel to and from work, do the school run or visit the local shops, to how businesses move goods and services around Essex and beyond, transport underpins it all. For our transport network to adapt to the changing ways we live and travel, a new strategy is needed to guide our approach to transport in Essex over the coming years. Essex Transport Strategy The new Essex...
HARLOW - walking and cycling improvements from the Velizy Avenue/First Avenue roundabout to Sheering Road
We are about to start designing proposed improvements to a walking and cycling route in Harlow- and we would love to hear your views. The route is around 4.5km and starts east of the Velizy Avenue roundabout and finishes at Sheering Road, passing along First Avenue/Mandela Avenue. Please note, while the route runs along Gilden Way, there are no improvements proposed to the existing shared cycleway/footway on Gilden Way. Please see the map below or...