Transport consultations and studies

In 2022, Suffolk County Council (SCC) secured funding from Active Travel England to look at how active travel could be encouraged in Woodbridge by improving the local infrastructure. Then, in 2023, SCC secured a further £5m to deliver some of these improvements. The proposals are designed not only to enable and encourage safe and easy walking, wheeling and cycling trips, but also to make public spaces in Woodbridge even nicer places to spend time.

Between 12 February and 9 April 2024, we held the first phase of the Active Travel Woodbridge public consultation, during which we shared four plans for improvements in Woodbridge and invited your feedback. We held drop-in events, launched a consultation website, met with local stakeholders and worked with local school children and families.

The consultation invited feedback on four active travel proposals for Woodbridge:

• Old Barrack Road corridor
• Burkitt Road corridor
• Peterhouse Crescent improvements
• Introducing 20mph limits on several roads.

The proposals were drawn up following the collection of traffic data and early conversations with the local community in 2022, the development of a feasibility study in early 2023, and initial engagement with businesses, community groups, residents and schools in Woodbridge and Melton later in 2023.

For more detailed information and visuals for the scheme, the information is still available to view online.

We want to improve the route from the Copdock Park and Ride on London Road through to Capel St Mary.

The consultation was open for eight weeks from 28 October and 20 December 2024.

The three schemes that form part of this active travel package include Nacton Road, Woodbridge Road and Ipswich Hospital and are all located in the east of Ipswich.

For more detailed information and visuals for each of the schemes, the information is still available to view online - Ipswich walking, wheeling and cycling routes

• Nacton Road - We want to improve this route for people travelling between the town centre and the eastern suburbs and Ransome’s industrial estate.
• Woodbridge Road - We propose to improve this link between Ipswich and Kesgrave, making it easier for all road users to travel along.
• Ipswich Hospital to Waterfront - We want to create a safe and easy to use route for walking and cycling that connects the waterfront and the hospital by making some improvements along the existing route.

The consultation was open for eight weeks from 9 July to 13 September 2024.

The consultation report along with next steps for each scheme can be found online.

The County Council has received a request to consider measures on Radcliffe Drive to remove through traffic and to create a safer and more pleasant environment for active travel use. This request had been made by the County Councillor for the area, Nadia Cenci on behalf of residents following some local engagement activities.

The County Council is proposing a modal filter between no 90 and no 91 as a suitable location as it connects to other walking routes, can provide a safe crossing point and will minimise the displacement of traffic.

Local residents have been sent a letter asking for their feedback on the modal filter. The filter will go in as a trial in the first instance.

This residential letter has been sent to residents of:

• Radcliffe Drive
• The Chestnuts
• Didsbury Close
• Wilmslow Drive
• Ashton Close.

For more detailed information and visuals for the scheme, the information is still available to view online.

We want to improve the key north/south corridor through the town connecting residential communities with key locations. Grange Road provides a link with Felixstowe docks to the south and the shops and residential areas to the north.

The consultation was open for eight weeks from 28 October and 20 December 2024.