Active travel Cannock

The scheme improved the environment between Cannock town centre and the West Midlands Designer Outlet by means of improved cycle routes and footways running alongside Lichfield Road and Hednesford Road. It also connected to Cannock Rail Station and Hawks Green Valley Nature Reserve. 

A segregated cycle route along both sides of Lichfield Road, linked with sections of newly widened shared walking and cycling facilities, connected with the existing crossing at Cannock Rail Station and new crossing facilities at the Designer Outlet at the southern end of the scheme, and further north by Hollies Avenue. There was physical separation between pedestrians, cyclists, and traffic (aside from the sections of widened shared walking and cycling facilities) with priority junctions for cyclists at side roads. 

A two-way cycle track bypassed the roundabout at Church Street and fed into Hednesford Road via a central refuge area. 

Due to the limited road space along Hednesford Road, a segregated cycle route could not be provided, but conditions were improved by the provision of a shared walking and cycling facility along one side of the road. 

A new puffin crossing point has been provided at Old Hednesford Road just beyond the wide highway junction between Hednesford Road and Old Hednesford Road, which was narrowed to make it a more suitable space for pedestrians, making crossing easier and safer for cyclists and pedestrians.