Borough of Havant Cycling Strategy
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Havant Borough Council is
committed to:
- promoting the positive sides of cycling - health, enjoyment,
costs and convenience
- developing safe cycle routes
- providing more safe cycle parking at council centres for those
who cycle and encouraging industry and commerce to follow this
example
- encouraging leisure cycling as a desirable social activity
- producing suitable publicity material and advising everyone
within the Borough of the advantages and benefits of cycling
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For information about cycling in Hampshire, including the
county's cycle path network, follow this link to
the County Council's web site >>.
Statistics
In the Havant area only 4.2% of journeys to work are made by
cycle compared to 6.5% in neighbouring Portsmouth and 11.1% in
Gosport (2001 census).
However within the Borough there are considerable differences
between individual Wards. The topography of the area highlights
this point and shows up particularly when comparing the hilly areas
west of the A3(M) with less than 3% cycling to work, with the
flatter, more level Wards such as Battins, Bedhampton, Bondfields
and Hayling Island which are all over 6%. Interestingly, over 35%
of journeys to work are of less than 5km distance, and are so ideal
for cycling (or walking).
The level of accidents involving cyclists in Havant is high
and is the third worst area in Hampshire behind Portsmouth and
Southampton.
For example, between 1992 and 1995 there were 214 cycling
injury accidents, an average of 71 each year with a serious
accident occurring every month. Almost half of the accidents
involve children.
Our Cycle Network
Havant Borough Council have taken opportunities to provide
lengths of cycle routes during the past few years with sections
being continually added as funding permits. The intention is to
eventually link up what may at present be individual lengths, into
a coherent pattern forming a core cycle network across the Borough.
This expansion has been funded not only by the Borough Council but
also from contributions made by developers of housing and business
schemes.
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The map [left] shows the planned cycle network which
will ultimately be constructed across the Borough of
Havant.
Click the thumbnail to view a full
size image of the Borough of Havant Cycle Network as described in
the 1996 Strategy (120kb). This Strategy is currently being
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We aim to establish a network of cycle routes over the next
decade, linking into the cycle networks of our neighbouring
authorities, which will serve the following purposes:
- provide cycle routes to work
- provide cycle routes to public transport interchanges
- provide safe cycle routes to schools and colleges
- provide leisure routes
- make crossings at junctions and roundabouts as safe as
possible
We aim to establish a
primary cycle route
network (numbered P1-P6) of six main
routes across the borough which will link together to form the main
framework. A network of
feeder routes (numbered
F1-F9) will link into the primary network allowing
cyclists greater choice of movement between areas. To promote more
leisure cycling, additional
leisure routes (numbered
L1-L5) are proposed along the coast and on Hayling
Island, linking into the Hayling Billy Trail, which is itself being
upgraded to form part of the
National Cycle Network (Route 2) being promoted
by
Sustrans, the cycling charity,
using National Lottery and Landfill Tax Credit Scheme
funding.
As funding becomes available, we seek to implement additional
cycle facilities in order to eventually produce the network
described above.
Progress to Date
So far we have achieved the following:
- P1 - Widley (Portsmouth boundary) to Cowplain (East Hampshire
boundary) is being provided as part of the bus priority route and will be completed in
2008
- P4 - Havant to Rowlands Castle (East Hampshire boundary) is
complete (forming part of National Cycle Network Route NCN22)
- P5 - Emsworth to Portsmouth via Havant and Broadmarsh is mostly
complete, with a significant additional section along Harts Farm
Way recently built (forming part of National Cycle Network
Routes NCN2 and NCN22)
- L1 - Havant station to Hayling Island is partially
complete with the upgrading of the northern sections of the
Hayling Billy
Trail (forming part of National Cycle Network Route NCN2).
A section between Mill Lane and Hayling Bridge is planned to be
built in 2008.
There are also many other short sections of the routes being
completed which will eventually combine to reveal
the comprehensive network.
Other facilities
A more balanced choice of transport will lead to improved
conditions and greater freedom for all, rather than restrictions
which are the lot of many at present.
We have recently worked with South West Trains to provide
additional cycle parking at Havant railway station. This seeks to
establish the station as a principal interchange point on the
journey to work using the Hayling Billy Trail as a key point of
access.
The Borough Council aims to encourage cycle and motorcycle use
through the planning process.
Advice to developers regarding the expected
measures they should take to cater for cycles and motorcycles in
any of their developments is also available on this site.
More information (external web sites)