Active Travel Route – Lansbury Park and Van Road, Caerphilly

Your local knowledge is needed to make walking, cycling, and wheeling easier for everyone in your community.

As part of the delivery of the Council’s approved Active Travel Network Map (ATNM), this project is looking at how a selection of Active Travel routes in the Lansbury Park and Van areas of Caerphilly could be developed and delivered for pedestrians and cyclists, in line with Welsh Government policy that encourages walking and cycling* as a preferred travel mode for journeys within short distances.

*Please note that when we use the term ‘pedestrian’ or ‘walk’ we are referring not only to those who travel by foot, but also users of wheelchairs and other mobility aids.

The routes as identified on the ATNM are:

• INMC 72a – A route starting at Caerphilly Transport Interchange. Travelling east, it passes through the Park & Ride site. It turns north towards Van Road roundabout. From the roundabout, the route continues along Lansbury Park Distributor Road. It terminates at its junction with Pen-y-Cae, where is meets the National Cycle Network (NCN) Route 4).
• INMC 72b – A route leading west from Lansbury Park Distributor Road. The route terminates at the existing route through to Morrisons supermarket.
• INMC 370 – A route starting at the junction between Southern Street and Bryniau Road. The route travels east along Southern Street and Van Road. The route terminates at the easternmost entrance to Caerphilly Business Park.
• INMC 371 and 376 – walking improvements within Lansbury Park.

Initial proposals have been developed for these routes to improve Active Travel infrastructure. This public consultation seeks views on these initial proposals.

Why are we consulting

To involve local communities, stakeholders, current and potential active travel users. This ensures that local user needs and knowledge is captured during the developing design proposals.

What is active travel?

Active travel means displacing car journeys with walking, wheelchair use and cycling for practical, everyday journeys such as shopping, commuting, and accessing services like health and education. Active travel can help reduce carbon emissions and pollution by reducing car use, and can also help financially by reducing car dependency for shorter journeys.

All local councils in Wales have a duty to create maps showing their existing and proposed active travel routes. Routes only count as active travel routes if they meet certain minimum standards for safety, directness, and other criteria to ensure that high quality is aspired to and maintained.

Ways to give your views

To comment on the proposals, please complete the online survey here. You may also print a copy of the survey for completion.

A copy of the plans and survey are available at Caerphilly library and any completed paper surveys may be returned to your library or in the post to: Caerphilly County Borough Council, Infrastructure Division (Engineering Admin), Ty Penallta, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed. CF82 7PG.

Expected outcomes

Feedback will be considered as part of the design process to develop the detailed designs that will be consulted upon separately.

The outcomes of the consultation will be available within two weeks of the last date of the consultation.