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We are currently researching and prioritising the planning and delivery of active travel provision for walking, wheeling and cycling routes in the following areas within the county:

• Evesham
• Redditch
• Wyre Forest
• Droitwich Spa
• Malvern
• Pershore
• Bromsgrove
• Worcester City

This involves preparing a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for each area. Each plan aims to encourage more opportunities for walking, wheeling and cycling in the county to:

• improve health and wellbeing
• help reduce journeys by other forms of transport and facilitate travel choice
• reduce congestion and improve air quality

Why are we developing local cycling and walking infrastructure plans (LCWIPs)

In 2017, the Government published its first Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, which encouraged Local Authorities to prepare their own local level plans to enable a more strategic approach to improving conditions for walking, wheeling and cycling. These plans, known as Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) are a strategic approach to identifying  walking, wheeling and cycling improvements required at a local level.  LCWIPs set out the vision and key priorities for infrastructure improvements in each of the areas, to create attractive, joined-up priority walking , wheeling and cycling networks, encouraging, and enabling people to travel more sustainably. LCWIPs are also key plans in helping us to secure funding to deliver these improvements to walking, wheeling and cycling routes, including via Government bidding opportunities and developer contributions. The development of ÇÑ×ÓÊÓƵ’s LCWIPs programme for identifying proposed routes has already been supported by £160K from the Capability Building Fund managed by .

What is wheeling?

Wheeling is an equivalent mode of mobility to being on foot as a pedestrian. It includes wheeled mobility aids such as manual self or assistant propelled wheelchairs, including:

• wheelchairs with power attachments or all-terrain attachments (such as the ‘Freewheel’)
• powered wheelchairs
• mobility scooters (three and four-wheeled)
• rollators

A bicycle may also be used as a mobility aid by leaning on it or pushing it. Similarly, some people may use an e-scooter to wheel through a pedestrianised environment as a walking aid. Some people also rely on their bicycle to move (at a pedestrian’s pace) through pedestrianised environments when it is not physically possible to walk or push their bicycle.

What will the LCWIPs deliver?

The LCWIPs programme is a key element of any future transport plans for the county. It builds upon existing and emerging planning policies by prioritising infrastructure for walking, wheeling and cycling to encourage more active travel. The outcomes of the LCWIPs programme will identify:

• network plans that prioritise preferred routes for further development
• a prioritised programme of infrastructure improvements for future investment
• an explanation of the process followed, and analysis undertaken

For more information you can email us: LCWIPs@worcestershire.gov.uk.