£1.3m pathway for cyclists
NEW paths have been created in Haslingden as part of a major ongoing project to link towns in East Lancashire with safe cycle routes.
A new section of high quality path, running parallel to the A56 Haslingden bypass, has been created over the last year thanks to £1.3m funding from Highways England, on land which is in the process of being dedicated to the project by Rossendale council and local company Winfields Outdoors. It provides a better route for part of National Cycle Route 6 which previously followed
Blackburn Road.
The 1km of mostly off-road cycleway links Carr Hall Street, off Hud Hey Road, to South Shore Street near Haslingden town centre. Much of the route consists of a new 3m wide paved path, while an entirely new section of path has also been created between Prinny Hill Road and South Shore Street through local woodland - creating a new link onto the cycleway a short distance from the town centre.
The £7.5m scheme is part of the £234m Growth Deal to support economic growth secured by the
Lancashire Enterprise Partnership’s successful bid to the government’s Growth Fund, and will also receive contributions from Lancashire County
Council and Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council.
Rossendale council leader Coun Alyson Barnes said: “The new section of path which was recently completed in Haslingden is of really high quality and a great example of what we’re trying to achieve with a network of safe, mostly off-road routes connecting communities throughout Rossendale and east Lancashire.”