{"id":242704,"date":"2025-11-04T05:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242704\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T05:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:09:10","slug":"concerns-that-40m-cycle-route-is-a-flooding-risk-due-to-lack-of-decent-drainage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/242704\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerns that \u00a340m cycle route is a flooding risk due to lack of \u201cdecent drainage\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are concerns that a stretch of\u00a0new cycle route that goes through Gloucester city centre is at risk of flooding due to a lack of drainage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This route is part of the \u00a340m Gloucester Cycle Spine, which plans to link Bishop\u2019s Cleeve to Stroud via Cheltenham and Gloucester.<\/p>\n

\u00a0It aims to \u201cdeliver high-quality cycle and pedestrian facilities that comply with the latest cycle design guidance\u201d, according to Gloucestershire County Council<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"GloucesterGloucester cycle route plans (credit: Gloucestershire County Council)<\/p>\n

There are concerns over the lack of drainage, leading to pools of water where the new cycle path meets the road at the new crossing on Kimbrose Way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI was concerned to see a significant pool of water at the new pedestrian crossing at Kimbrose Way on Wednesday and that was after light drizzle\u201d, Councillor Rebecca Trimnell told Gloucestershire Live.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

>\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re splashing along\u201d: Flooded new cycle lane dismissed as \u201cawful job\u201d by councillor<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems that drainage is an issue which needs to be addressed in this location and perhaps in other areas where work has been done on this cycleway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI am astonished that decent drainage was not thought about prior to this work. I had presumed the pedestrian crossing was to reopen at the end of October, and it seems this could be further delayed if work is now needed on a drainage solution.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPedestrians have had to put up with a lot at this crossing and it\u2019s about time work was completed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PuddlePuddle on Kimbrose Way, Gloucester copy (credit: Rebecca Trimnell)<\/p>\n

This is not the first time that Cllr Rebecca Trimnell has had issues with the Gloucester Cycle Spine. In June earlier this year, she complained about the cycle lane replacing \u201chistoric\u201d paving stones with tarmac \u201cmess\u201d.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Speaking about the tarmac, she said: \u201cAcross from the church on the corner of St Aldate Street the old paving stones have been removed and now it\u2019s just tarmac. At present it is a disgrace and quite frankly a total, utter mess and is simply not good enough.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey should have been left well alone, and it\u2019s a shame local representatives such as myself didn\u2019t have more say in the project at the beginning.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

>\u00a0Cycling group\u2019s \u201creal concern\u201d over \u201cminor lake\u201d and huge puddles on city cycle lanes\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

However, in relation to the drainage,\u00a0highways cabinet member Joe Harris said, \u201cIn this case, we were already aware of a drainage issue at Kimbrose Way, and our contractor is working to identify the cause and put it right.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always best when councillors raise local issues with us directly so we can get them sorted quickly rather than going to the press first.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever we carry out highway improvements, we follow rigorous quality assurance procedures to identify any snagging issues before completion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re making great progress in delivering high-quality infrastructure that supports convenient and healthy active travel options, including walking, wheeling and cycling, across the county.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are concerns that a stretch of\u00a0new cycle route that goes through Gloucester city centre is at risk…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-242704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}