Work will bring cycle route into town centre

WORK to extend the National Cycle Network Route 885 into Bridgend town centre along Brewery Lane and Angel Street has begun in earnest this week.

Bridgend council said that after being slightly delayed due to the unforeseen need to divert utilities company cables outside the civic offices, work has restarted and the scheme is still anticipated for completion by the end of the month.

Once finished, the scheme will enable cyclists to safely ride into the town centre along Brewery Lane where the footway will be widened and new signage added.

Higher railings will be installed along the Dunraven Place footbridge to make the route suitable for cyclists as well as pedestrians.

On Angel Street, the loading bay in front of the civic offices will become a larger disabled parking bay, with the current on-street disabled parking bays being removed to help improve the traffic flow along the street, particularly for emergency service vehicles.

To help create the offstreet disabled parking bay, the flag poles in front of the civic offices are being moved to the Park Street end of the building.

The riverside footway along Angel Street will also be widened and the railings by the Water Street Bridge will be raised so that they are safe to cycle next to.

And the pelican crossing at the junction of Water Street and Angel Street will be converted to a toucan crossing suitable for cyclists.