Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan

Following the adoption of the Walking and Cycling Strategy, Milton Keynes City Council has now developed the strategic active travel infrastructure plan – Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP). The plan was developed by the consultant City Science and the Transport Policy Team, in line with Department for Transport Technical Guidance for LCWIPs.

In January 2021, town, ward and parish councillors had the opportunity to put forward specific local schemes that should be included in the plan. Close to a hundred schemes have been put forward and reviewed as part of a long list of a total of three hundred schemes. All schemes have been reviewed, evaluated and scored against a bespoke appraisal criteria, designed with the support of key stakeholders, such as cycling forum members. This has resulted in the draft LCWIP, which had a public consultation in 2022. This feedback was collected, analysed and used to inform the final report.

This final LCWIP was formally adopted in February 2023. It sets out an ambitious vision for improving and expanding active travel infrastructure within Milton Keynes.

LCWIP priority schemes

This LCWIP has informed 25 priority schemes that have been taken forward for further scheme development. The key objective of this work is to design new or upgrade existing walking and cycling routes, adopting the latest guidance and principles from new cycle design guidance (LTN1/20), the revised Highway Code and MKCC Redway Design Manual.

Consultant firm Pell Frischmann was appointed in April 2022 to develop options for better walking and cycling facilities for the 25 priority schemes.

Key stakeholders, such as Ward and Parish Councillors and the MK Cycle Forum provided valuable feedback and local knowledge which informed the scheme concept designs.

Streets should be welcoming places for everyone to walk, wheel, cycle, and to spend time and engage with other people. This is necessary to keep us all healthy through physical activity and social interaction. It is also what makes places vibrant and keeps communities strong. The best test for whether we are getting our streets right is whether the whole community, particularly children, older people and disabled people are enjoying using this space. (Healthy Streets 2023).

Developed schemes

Where ever possible, two concept drawings for each of the schemes have been produced by the consultants. We asked for two different options for each scheme to show different ways that improvements to the walking and cycling routes could be achieved. Click on the scheme you are interested in to find out more information.

Central Milton Keynes and surrounding area

Stantonbury

From 18 September – 15 October 2023 we asked the public to provide feedback on the schemes to help us shape the future of MK. The feedback is being reviewed and analysed and will be available here soon.