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Sustrans Connect2
Shrewsbury is one of 79 places across the UK which has been chosen to receive Connect2 funding from Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity.
To find out about the other Connect2 schemes across the UK visit the Sustrans Connect2 website.
What is Connect2?
Sustrans' Connect2 is funded by a £50 million Big Lottery Fund grant after the UK public voted the scheme the winner of The People's Millions Lottery contest in December 2007.
Shrewsbury is also one of 18 cycling towns in England. Connect2 in Shrewsbury is managed as part of Cycle Shrewsbury.
What areas will benefit from the Connect2 scheme?
The focus of Connect2 in Shrewsbury will be a riverside promenade along Smithfield Road and a pedestrian/cycle crossing at Welsh Bridge, linking the traffic-free route through the Quarry to the bus and railway stations. It will also make it easier to visit the Darwin Geo-garden which has been created to mark the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.
The Connect2 network continues to the railway station and the north of the town, as well as connecting to National Cycle Route 81 alongside the River Severn.
Download a PDF map of the proposed scheme
How will Connect2 be delivered?
The Sustrans Connect2 funding is available until 2013. In Shrewsbury Connect 2 is managed as part of Cycle Shrewsbury, which runs until 2011, and the aim is to deliver all the Connect2 improvements during the lifetime of Cycle Shrewsbury. To download maps and photos of completed schemes please click here.
The Cycle Shrewsbury/Connect 2 Project Group has members drawn from local cycling groups, health organisations, Sustrans, disability groups, local cycle trade, ramblers and the Shrewsbury and Newport Canal Trust, as well as relevant departments of Shropshire Council including planning, economic development and sustainability. Shropshire councillors and Shrewsbury Town Council are also represented. The group meets approximately quarterly and oversees progress in all areas of the programme.
You can contact the Steering Group using the contact details on this page.
Latest plans for Welsh Bridge area
Following the consultation on proposals for the Welsh Bridge area of the town centre in November/December 2009, Shropshire Council has drawn up a revised plan for the Welsh Bridge junction.
View full details of the plans here.
Contact details:
Connect2
Transport Planning
Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Shrewsbury
SY2 6ND
Tel: 01743 255435
E-mail: cycle.shrewsbury@shropshire.gov.uk
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