Town hall chiefs in Tameside are exploring ways of making the borough’s streets safer for a post-coronavirus world – including new cycle lanes, ‘quiet streets’ and larger pavements.
Work is already underway in response to government instructions to ‘enhance’ shared spaces during the lockdown and recovery, to make it easier for people to stay two metres apart from each other.
This has included widening footways and improving cycle lanes so that public transport users can switch to bikes when they return to work.
The authority is also proposing ‘key worker corridors’, with areas temporarily zoned off for cyclists and pedestrians, as well as the creation of additional footway space by addressing ‘pinch-points’ and removing ‘street clutter’.
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