In Everton Park, a group of young children launched the “Mini-Roads” scheme, taking the first laps of a new cycle track designed to resemble a realistic road layout with junctions and crossings.
The £380,000 scheme, funded by Liverpool City Council’s Active Travel Fund and Section 106 funds, as well as British Cycling’s Places to Ride scheme, is a half-kilometer-long facility designed to attract and encourage thousands of young people to take up cycling.
Dowhigh Ltd., a highways contractor, completed the Mini-Roads scheme in collaboration with Cemex and Shell Construction and Road. This is the first large-scale application trial of Shell’s Bitumen CarbonSink, a new bio-component binder that locks carbon into asphalt to reduce carbon footprint.
The project will include the installation of railings, tables, and benches, as well as new carbon-friendly asphalt and soft-play surfacing, to provide a year-round community asset. These projects will be finished by Autumn.
The new facility, which will primarily serve children aged two to seven, is part of Liverpool City Council’s goal of becoming a UNICEF-designated child-friendly city. It is also an important component of the city council’s active travel and clean air strategies, and it will connect with the existing cycle network in the city’s north to allow other cyclists to use the scheme.
In addition to the Mini-Roads project, work on a new cycle lane connecting Everton Park to nearby routes has begun, with the city council planning to build six permanent new cycle lanes across Liverpool.
The new learn-to-ride facility will be open to the public, including those who use adaptive cycles.
The city council has partnered with the non-profit community organisation Peloton Liverpool, which already operates the BMX track in Everton Park, to host and deliver a five-year cycle session programme at the facility.
Peloton Liverpool will be provided with a container, workshop tools, balance bikes, and associated accessories as part of the agreement.
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What a great idea
Truth be told this is where Uber eats and private hire taxis get their license
Not a pothole in sight, brilliant
It's more for bikes…i won't be on my bike for a while, I was hit by a van.
this is LCC way of attempting to teach new bike riders confidence on the road , they want liverpool to be MORE bike friendly, getting people out of their cars , no cars in city centre is the plan
"It's a one way roundabout" aren't they all George? 😆👍
So will i have to buy a 4WD or a Tank so i can get on there to teach my Youngest daughter to drive 😂😂. I've got no hope in my little Toyota it catches the front spoiler everytime.
It would have been better using the money to create a little training centre for youngster's on disused green belt land with a youth club and cafe servings Scouse.😊👍👍
PSV training at its best!!