Last year, GMPTE ran a consultation on its plans to remove car traffic from Oxford Road and only permit buses, taxis and bicycles to use a section of the road from Whitworth Park up to the Cornerhhouse. Whilst supportive of the overall plans, many cycling advocacy groups, and reportedly some of the bus companies, were unhappy with the proposed cycling infrastructure designs, and submitted detailed responses.
The consultation process ended in December 2009 and GMPTE recently confirmed that they had received a significant amount of feedback on the Oxford Rd cycle measures and "as a consequence are reconsidering the design."
GMPTE also confirmed that they will be gathering further views on the best solution for this route, before revised plans are finalised later in the year and that they will formally gathering views from cycling groups on the re-designed scheme. GMPTE are happy to receive any feedback people have but there will be a more formal opportunity to make an informed contribution to the design later in the year.
So you can either send in your comments now or respond to the re-designed scheme later this year. Contact either: consult@gmpte.gov.uk or views2009@gmpte.gov.uk
However, given the length of time that Oxford Road will be partially closed for gas main replacement works (see photo), it looks like sections of Oxford Road will be pretty much closed to cars a lot earlier than planned !
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