High Wycombe plans to be 'one of the best-connected towns' by 2050

Steven Broadbent, Buckinghamshire Council's cabinet member for transport, said: "The plans have been shaped by extensive local engagement"

High Wycombe vowed to be "one of the best-connected towns in the Thames Valley" by 2050.

Buckinghamshire Council acknowledged that walking, cycling and wheelchair use had been "historically constrained by the town's hilly topography".

But it has developed a cabinet-approved, new long-term strategy and adopted a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP).

It said investment and infrastructure improvements would help accessibility.

The High Wycombe LCWIP supported the High Wycombe 2050 Transport Strategy.

'Seamless and safe'

The transport Strategy sets out the key transport schemes required over five year intervals until 2050.

It focused on "low emission, seamless, and safe" journeys through a future town-wide walking, wheeling and cycling network for High Wycombe.

Other initiatives included introducing more frequent public transport, which covered a wider area, as well as measures to improve congestion management on the town's roads.

The strategy also sets out the possibility of introducing a "integrated multi-operator ticketing" scheme that could be similar to public transport ticketing in London and Manchester.

Steven Broadbent, Buckinghamshire Council's cabinet member for transport, said: "We wanted to identify a range of transport measures that can support the planned growth in High Wycombe, making traveling more convenient and reliable - no matter the type of transport used."