FAQs

This scheme is funded by the Active Travel England Tranche 5 funding. All schemes funded by this programme have to be delivered by March 2027.

Wakefield Council, with support from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

£555,000

We aim to deliver a safe and coherent route to the Castleford Greenway and the Three Lane Ends Academy primary school.

Active travel is not just walking and cycling. It also includes wheeling, which covers assistive wheeled mobilities such as wheelchairs, mobility scooters or similar. It can also include pushchairs or buggies for children. Different groups may use these in different ways.

The plan is to install:

1. Three new Toucan crossings at the A639/A6032 Methley Road junction
2. A section of new two-way segregated cycle lane, and a new footway next to it. This will create a link between the Castleford to Wakefield Greenway and the Methley Bridge / Whitwood Mere areas of Castleford
3. New sections of shared use footpath and cycleway. This includes links towards the school

The proposal is also to install advanced cycle stop lines on the approach to the existing signalised junction.

A crossing where both people walking/wheeling and people on cycles can cross together (two-can cross). People don’t have to get off their cycles to cross the road and can cross at any time if safe to do so. 

Similar to Puffin crossings, it also has sensors to detect if walkers/wheelers or cyclists are using the crossing. Toucan crossings have a green and red bike light alongside the red and green man lights.

'LTN' stands for 'local transport note' and this provides guidance to local authorities on delivering high quality, cycle infrastructure.

For more information, you can visit the government's webpage. 

Advanced Stop Lines (ASLs) are a second stop line in advance of the normal stop line at signalised junctions. Within these two stop lines, there is normally a bicycle logo painted into the road. ASLs create a waiting area for cyclists, and aim to increase pedestrian safety if there is a crossing area.

A dedicated cycle track physically separated from people on foot and from traffic on the road by a barrier such as a raised kerb, verge or difference in levels, allowing cyclists to travel in both directions on the same side of the road.  

Paving with raised bumps that can be felt underfoot. This aids visually impaired and blind people to navigate. Those with less severe sight loss can also use the product’s colour coding to access extra information about their surroundings: 

• Red at controlled crossing points 
• Buff (beige/yellow) used as a warning at uncontrolled crossing points

Wheeling is an equivalent alternative to foot / pedestrian-based mobility. It includes wheeled mobilities such as manual self- or assisted-wheelchairs, powered wheelchairs, mobility scooters and rollators. 

We encourage all potential users of the scheme to fill out the questionnaire. We would actively welcome you telling other people about the scheme.

We will use the findings to shape the final scheme design.