NEW CYCLE LANES AND WALKING ROUTES PLANNED

Plans for new cycle lanes and walking routes in are set to be backed by council bosses in a town.

Dudley Council's cabinet will be asked to sign-off its Black Country Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Plan at a meeting next week.

The scheme has been drawn up jointly by Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton councils to encourage the activities in the area.

A council report said the authority expected most of the funding for the routes would come from outside grants.

The plan includes nine cycle routes and three walking zones which are:

  • Himley to Stourbridge
  • Brierley Hill to Cradley Heath
  • Dudley to Cradley Heath
  • A4101 Pensnett to Dudley town centre
  • Pensnett to Upper Gornal
  • Smestow Valley Leisure Route
  • A458 to Woodgate Valley
  • Stourbridge to Halesowen
  • Hagley to M5 junction three
  • DY5 Enterprise Zone and Brierley Hill
  • Stourbridge Interchange/Stourbridge Junction/Town Centre
  • Kingswinford

Councillor Damian Corfield said the plan would be a large part of the borough's aim to be carbon neutral by 2041 with transport the single largest cause of carbon emissions.

The plan will be discussed at a meeting of the council's cabinet on Wednesday.

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2025-02-04T20:50:01Z