Walking and Cycling in Faversham |
Further Public Engagement and Consultation
We would appreciate your participation in the following short survey. It should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Faversham Town Council has approved a ‘Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan’ or ‘LCWIP’ aimed at enabling more people to walk or cycle shorter journeys in Faversham.
While an initial consultation took place during the introduction of the 20mph scheme, the Town Council now wishes to consult further in order to:
- Ensure overall public support for the proposals;
- Obtain feedback on the relative importance of individual interventions;
- Identify missing measures that are needed to help walking and cycling; and
- Make sure that the plan works for all local residents particularly young people, the elderly and those with additional access needs.
The proposed interventions – shown in more detail in the full report – include:
- More and better pedestrian crossing points.
- Changes to junctions to make them safer for pedestrians
- Installing tactile paving and dropped kerbs etc.
- “School streets”: reducing motor vehicle access at pick-up and drop off times to ensure greater safety for school children
- “Healthy streets”: restricting motor vehicle access to some residential streets to people that need access to the area (no restrictions for pedestrians, cyclists or disability vehicles.)
- Larger, more complex public realm schemes that require significant funding, such as enhancing the station area, a better crossing at Abbey School, a cycleway along Whitstable Road, or replacing the Long Bridge over the two railway lines.
In the plan, priorities were initially given to measures that:
- help to increase 20mph compliance;
- make streets safer or more convenient for those walking or cycling;
- represent good value for money;
- benefit people from all parts of Faversham.
Note: The Eastern Area Committee of Swale Borough Council has also commissioned a ‘Parishes to Town’ study to identify opportunities for residents from the surrounding communities to cycle or walk to Faversham. Findings from this project will be incorporated in the next version of the LCWIP together with the findings of the Critical Junctions work commissioned for the Neighbourhood Plan.