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Some specific things we’re asking for:
- a map showing the proposed Strategic Cycling Network
- faster delivery of schemes consulted on some time ago, such as Broughton Cycleway enhancements
- a cycling scheme to connect Salford Royal Hospital & Eccles to the rest of the network
New schemes to support:
- A6 Streets for all scheme from Walkden to Manchester
- active travel improvements for the Quays, Eccles and Swinton town centres
- new bridge at Clippers Quay to Trafford Wharfside
- new bridge to link to Trafford Waters
Draft delivery plan map for Salford, showing a range of streets for all schemes, new tram lines and conversion of existing rail lines to tram-train, as well as new/upgraded stations and interchanges
Today is the final day to have your say on the draft Greater Manchester transport strategy and delivery plan. This will shape transport across Salford for the next 25 years, so be sure to have your say and support schemes which improve walking, wheeling and cycling 👇
Some excellent plans here from Manchester City Council. If you travel by foot, bike or bus to the east of Manchester (or would like to but find it currently too dangerous to walk or cycle), make sure you respond positively to this consultation 👇
news.tfgm.com/press-releas...
Great news for Salford City Centre!
The Peel Green scheme has been paused, with the potential for the funds to be redirected to schemes in Salford City Centre.
Great to see 'left behind' areas of Salford having their funding moved to more affluent areas
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great news for Salford City Centre!
The Peel Green scheme has been paused, with the potential for the funds to be redirected to schemes in Salford City Centre.
Great to see 'left behind' areas of Salford having their funding moved to more affluent areas
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A big day today with the launch of Salford’s very first camera enforced schools street, to make walking, wheeling and cycling to school safer and more pleasant for children and parents 🎉 🥳
More to follow in the coming months…
news.salford.gov.uk/news/safer-h...
Visualisation of cyclops junction at Eccles New Rd / South Langworthy Rd
Upgraded cycle tracks and bus stop bypass on South Langworthy Rd
Sparrow crossing and cycle tracks across Langworthy Rd
Wider pavements and improved bus stop on The Quays
One week left to have your say on what is shaping up to be an excellent scheme for walking, wheeling and cycling from Salford Crescent to Media City 👇 🧵
What we’re asking for in the consultation:
⏱️🚦 short wait times for people walking and cycling
➡️ wayfinding at junctions for people cycling
🚲 joining up the proposed protected cycling on Liverpool St to the rest of the network at Cross Lane junction
What we love:
🚶 new pedestrian crossings
🚦 hostile junctions made safe for cycling, bee bikes and Lime scooters
🚲 protected cycling on Liverpool St and Langworthy Rd
🚏 upgraded bus stops with bus stop bypasses
🚶 🚲 new cycling quiet route and crossing
🚶 wider pavements
Visualisation of cyclops junction at Eccles New Rd / South Langworthy Rd
Upgraded cycle tracks and bus stop bypass on South Langworthy Rd
Sparrow crossing and cycle tracks across Langworthy Rd
Wider pavements and improved bus stop on The Quays
One week left to have your say on what is shaping up to be an excellent scheme for walking, wheeling and cycling from Salford Crescent to Media City 👇 🧵
Photo of bridge approach with warning sign for slipper surface
Good news that work will start this week to install an anti-slip service to Prince’s bridge which crosses the Irwell outside Factory International. The work will take until May to complete but one side of the bridge will remain open at all times
Some people complain every time some cycle lanes are built in the UK because "The weather is miserable, no one wants to cycle here!": in two years now of cycling to work, I have caught the rain very few times, and if dressed appropriately bad weather is not an issue. The issue is lack of safe infra.
Visualisation of cyclops junction at Eccles New Rd / South Langworthy Rd
Sparrow crossing and cycle tracks across Langworthy Rd
Upgraded cycle tracks and bus stop bypass on South Langworthy Rd
Wider pavements and improved bus stop on The Quays
New visualisations for the Salford Crescent > Media City scheme
Current consultations recap 🗣️
- Peel Green - email phlegal@manchester.gov.uk by 2nd Feb quoting ref JUH/SCC006/01356
- Ordsall Neighbourhood - closes 1st Feb - shaping.salford.gov.uk/en-GB/folder...
- Crescent > Mediacity - closes 22nd Feb - beenetwork.com/scmc
There are now just 2 weeks remaining to show your support for this excellent scheme, which is currently on the receiving end of an organised campaign to stop it going ahead.
If you want a safe route between Irlam and the rest of Salford, please express your support
Photo of Parrin Lane bridge in Monton showing a narrow footway
This busy bridge in Monton which links the canal path to the Roe Green loopline is set to get a wider pavement here in next couple of months as part of plans to install new vehicle containment kerbs to protect the bridge
We’ve added the designs to our map of upcoming schemes to show how these improvements help continue to build out Salford’s active travel network
felt.com/map/Upcoming...
Some excellent improvements for walking and cycling in here, including:
- 4 new cyclops junctions
- new and upgraded cycle tracks on Liverpool St and South Langworthy Rd
- new pedestrian crossings
- upgraded accessible bus stops
walk ride GM This submission is on behalf of Walk Ride GM, the campaign for active travel in Greater Manchester. Walk Ride GM strongly support this traffic order to enable delivery of the Peel Green Active Travel scheme. Importance to network This scheme is a strategically important part of the emerging active travel network, as it is the only highway route connecting communities in the Cadishead and Lower Irlam, Higher Irlam and Peel Green neighbourhood area with the rest of Salford, providing a continuation of the existing A57 shared use route which runs as far as the community stadium. The proposed scheme provides those wanting to walk/cycle to major trip generators in the area with a safe way to do this, including: - Visitors to Salford Community Stadium and Barton airport - Current and future employees at Port Salford's employers, which are planned to expand significantly in coming years as one of GM's designated growth locations -Children walking/cycling to Barton Moss primary school and Salford City Academy (~15 min cycle from Higher Irlam) - Any future Metrolink stop(s) at Port Salford / community stadium 38.4% of households in Peel Green have no cars or vans (2021 Census - Peel Green MSOA), so providing safe alternatives to driving is essential. Current safety issues The scheme will resolve a number of safety issues issues for those currently walking/cycling along this section of highway, with a number of the below issues classed as 'critical' by Active Travel England and in the GM Streets for all design check: - speed and volume of traffic cyclists are expected to mix with, including proportion of that made up of large vehicles - areas of inconsistent lane widths throughout the section which don't dissuade close passes - Narrow sections of shared use path along northern side with lack of marked priority across side roads - Lack of tactile paving at side roads Cyclists heading west have to rejoin carriageway immediately after M60 roundabout exit on left han…
Unsuitable alternatives At a recent community meeting and on social media, objectors to this scheme have suggested alternative off-road routes via a recently improved path alongside Peel Green cemetery and Eccles definitive footpath 28. While this would provide a useful additional leisure route for some, it should be considered a complimentary route rather than an alternative to delivering the scheme along Liverpool Rd. Aside from the fact only the new section of path is actually passable on a cycle, routing those walking and cycling through an unlit isolated area with a lack of passive surveillance will render this route unusable for many, particularly women, especially at night, and would undermine the scheme's objectives of enabling modal shift for everyday trips: - In 2024, only 44% of women (vs 67% of men) were satisfied with their personal safety at night while walking. (draft 2050 GM Transport Strategy, 2025) - In 2024, only 48% of GM residents were satisfied with their personal security while cycling at night (GMA active travel annual report, 2024) - "Targets for increased numbers of sustainable journeys on our public transport network and through active travel are non-achievable if the fundamental issue of feeling safe is not addressed." (In Her Shoes, GMCA 2025) Validity of petition We are also aware that a change.org petition is being circulated as part of objections to this scheme. We would like to highlight that there is no validation that the signatures on this petition are from those within Salford or even Greater Manchester. The petition was circulated on a number of anti-cycling social media accounts and it is clear that it will include signatures from those who have no connection to the local area, with some even openly declaring they live as far afield as Scotland.
We have today submitted our formal support for the Peel Green Active Travel Scheme.
We are encouraging all our followers to submit their own support (see following post), as drivers are objecting to this scheme based on it adding a mere 70 seconds to their morning drive.
Plan 1
Plan 2
Plan 3
Plan 4
The latest plans for this excellent scheme, which won best proposed scheme in the 2024 Walk Ride GM awards, can be seen here
To support this scheme please send your own email to phlegal@manchester.gov.uk with the reference JUH/SCC006/01356 in the subject. Feel free to reuse any of our response content, or simply state you support and agree with the Walk Ride GM submission.
walk ride GM This submission is on behalf of Walk Ride GM, the campaign for active travel in Greater Manchester. Walk Ride GM strongly support this traffic order to enable delivery of the Peel Green Active Travel scheme. Importance to network This scheme is a strategically important part of the emerging active travel network, as it is the only highway route connecting communities in the Cadishead and Lower Irlam, Higher Irlam and Peel Green neighbourhood area with the rest of Salford, providing a continuation of the existing A57 shared use route which runs as far as the community stadium. The proposed scheme provides those wanting to walk/cycle to major trip generators in the area with a safe way to do this, including: - Visitors to Salford Community Stadium and Barton airport - Current and future employees at Port Salford's employers, which are planned to expand significantly in coming years as one of GM's designated growth locations -Children walking/cycling to Barton Moss primary school and Salford City Academy (~15 min cycle from Higher Irlam) - Any future Metrolink stop(s) at Port Salford / community stadium 38.4% of households in Peel Green have no cars or vans (2021 Census - Peel Green MSOA), so providing safe alternatives to driving is essential. Current safety issues The scheme will resolve a number of safety issues issues for those currently walking/cycling along this section of highway, with a number of the below issues classed as 'critical' by Active Travel England and in the GM Streets for all design check: - speed and volume of traffic cyclists are expected to mix with, including proportion of that made up of large vehicles - areas of inconsistent lane widths throughout the section which don't dissuade close passes - Narrow sections of shared use path along northern side with lack of marked priority across side roads - Lack of tactile paving at side roads Cyclists heading west have to rejoin carriageway immediately after M60 roundabout exit on left han…
Unsuitable alternatives At a recent community meeting and on social media, objectors to this scheme have suggested alternative off-road routes via a recently improved path alongside Peel Green cemetery and Eccles definitive footpath 28. While this would provide a useful additional leisure route for some, it should be considered a complimentary route rather than an alternative to delivering the scheme along Liverpool Rd. Aside from the fact only the new section of path is actually passable on a cycle, routing those walking and cycling through an unlit isolated area with a lack of passive surveillance will render this route unusable for many, particularly women, especially at night, and would undermine the scheme's objectives of enabling modal shift for everyday trips: - In 2024, only 44% of women (vs 67% of men) were satisfied with their personal safety at night while walking. (draft 2050 GM Transport Strategy, 2025) - In 2024, only 48% of GM residents were satisfied with their personal security while cycling at night (GMA active travel annual report, 2024) - "Targets for increased numbers of sustainable journeys on our public transport network and through active travel are non-achievable if the fundamental issue of feeling safe is not addressed." (In Her Shoes, GMCA 2025) Validity of petition We are also aware that a change.org petition is being circulated as part of objections to this scheme. We would like to highlight that there is no validation that the signatures on this petition are from those within Salford or even Greater Manchester. The petition was circulated on a number of anti-cycling social media accounts and it is clear that it will include signatures from those who have no connection to the local area, with some even openly declaring they live as far afield as Scotland.
We have today submitted our formal support for the Peel Green Active Travel Scheme.
We are encouraging all our followers to submit their own support (see following post), as drivers are objecting to this scheme based on it adding a mere 70 seconds to their morning drive.
Reminder that the next forum is online tomorrow evening at 18:30. Joining link in original post 👇
Link to respond - shaping.salford.gov.uk/en-GB/folder...
Banner image - Ordsall Neighbourhood. Improving connections, safety and everyday journeys
New consultation launched for walking and cycling improvements in the Ordsall Neighbourhood
38% of Peel Green households have no access to a car or van. They must be given safe alternatives.
Please email your support for this scheme before the deadline of 22nd December.
Map from DfT connectivity tool showing cycling opportunities. Red indicates extremely well located, through to blue/green being poorly located.
This new tool from Dept for Transport shows how well located anywhere is for popular destination types such as work, education and shopping by different modes of transport. Shows just how viable cycling is for local journeys in many parts of Salford if they all had the infrastructure to enable it.