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Help make it easier to walk and cycle in Hampshire

As part of Hampshire County Council’s commitment to improve accessibility and enable more people to walk and cycle for short journeys, you are invited to help identify where there are barriers to walking and cycling on your local streets.

We want to hear from all walkers and cyclists, including people who use mobility aids (including mobility scooters), pushchairs or buggies, people who use cargo bikes and trailers, or other adapted cycles.

The kinds of barriers we are looking for include:

  • Crossings that are difficult to use because they don’t have dropped kerbs and tactile paving;
  • Dropped kerbs which are not flush with the road; these can make travel difficult for wheelchair users;
  • Staggered or chicane barriers;
  • Bollards placed too closely together;
  • Items such as guard railing, lampposts and signposts which make the pavement too narrow.

In some cases, physical measures have been installed for safety reasons, or to deter unlawful access. Where a safety concern remains alterations to position or type of measure can often be made to make the road accessible, for example to wheelchair users. Safety audits will be completed for any changes made.

We are also looking for information on cycle signs and cycle parking, including:

  • End of route/cyclists rejoin carriageway signs (these are often used interchangeably) and no cycling signs. There are no current plans to remove these, but knowing where they are will help us plan better in the future – for example, showing people cycling and where to go when a route ends;
  • Locations for new cycle parking, or places where existing cycle parking is not meeting demand.

Given the current financial pressures Hampshire County Council is facing, we will need to seek external funding to make improvements. The information you share will help us to do this, for example by bidding for government funding, or negotiating contributions from new developments. If more funding is available in the future, we may reopen the survey.

Please note, you should not report any highway defects, e.g. potholes or damaged signs on this map. These should be reported by visiting  www.hants.gov.uk/transport/highways 

Have your say by visiting https://hants.gov.uk/barriers-walking-cycling to complete the survey.

If you would like to promote the survey within your organisation or community please download our A4 poster and A5 flyer.