Work to begin on new toucan crossing on St Cloud Way

Work on a new crossing for pedestrians and cyclists across a busy road in Maidenhead is set to begin at the end of the month.

The new crossing across the A4 St Cloud Way will link Maidenhead town centre with homes in the north of the town.

The toucan crossing will connect the new St Cloud Way development at the former Ten Pin Bowling and Magnet Leisure Centre sites, as well as other properties situated north of St Cloud Way with the town centre.

This will provide a link between Holmanleaze and the Hines Meadow car park.

Work is set to start on Wednesday, August 30 and will last for approximately six weeks.

The project is part of the council’s investments into active travel and healthy travel choices in the town, encouraging people to walk and cycle to and from the town centre.

The new crossing replaces the overhead footbridge on St Cloud Way, which was demolished in 2022, and provides another option for cyclists and walkers using the Missing Links route at the nearby Town Moor, which was completed recently.

The existing subway under St Cloud Way nearby will remain.

The work is set to be carried out in phases and will require the closure of single lanes on each side of the dual carriageway, westbound and eastbound.

This will allow the traffic to continue using the road, but traffic management measures will be in place.

An overnight road closure will also be required between 9pm on Sunday, October 15 and 5am on Monday, October 16.

A diversion route will be in place during this time and can be found at:https://one.network/public

Cllr Geoff Hill, cabinet member for highways and transport, said: “I’m pleased to see work on this crossing start and I’m sure it will be a welcome improvement for cyclists and walkers once completed.

步行和cy“创造更安全、更方便cling routes, empowering more people to reduce their reliance on vehicles for short journeys where possible, not only supports our work to address climate change, but gives our residents the facilities to improve their health and wellbeing.

“While I understand that this work is likely to bring some temporary disruption for road users, we will be striving to keep this to a minimum and we thank people for their patience while these works take place.”