Roadworks begin to encourage sustainable travel

The work in Milton Road is due to be completed later this year

Engineering work aimed at encouraging more environmentally friendly forms of travel is due to begin.

Milton Road in Cambridge will be closed from Monday night, while workers install traffic Islands.

The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) wants to encourage people to walk, cycle and use local buses, and a series of closures are planned over the next month.

A spokesperson apologised for any disruption caused by the closures.

New bus lanes, footpaths and cycleways are also due to be installed. Work is expected to be completed later this year.

Thomas Porter, project manager for the GCP, said: “We apologise for any disruption these closures will cause but by carrying out the work at night we can ensure our contractors and road users are safe while we deliver the upgrades faster."

The closures will take place on:

• Monday 25 March to Thursday 28 March between 19:00 GMT and 06:00, from Mitcham’s Corner to Arbury Road.

• Tuesday 2 April to Friday 5 April, and Monday 8 April to Friday 12 April, between 20:00 BST and 06:00, from Mitcham’s Corner to King’s Hedges.

• Monday 15 April to Friday 19 April, between 20:00 and 06:00, from Arbury Road to King’s Hedges.