Slow progress is being made on plans to create a new cycle path from a new Kenilworth housing estate to the town centre.

Town councillors have been calling for improved safety along Warwick Road for a number of years, as The Pavilions housing estate was completed.

The road has already seen the speed limit reduced from 50mph to 30mph and a number of speed bumps installed.

However, plans to create a new cycle path are yet to come to fruition.

Another public consultation is due to be held later this year before construction can begin fully.

A spokesperson from Warwickshire County Council said to Nub News: "We are looking at developing a cycle route along the Warwick Road to connect with the Pavilions housing development but we're still at the design stage and the next steps will be local engagement and consultation on the proposals – potentially later this summer or early in the Autumn." 

In 2022 Kenilworth Town Council backed plans to improve the estate's connection to the town, signing off on funding to reduce the speed limit along Warwick Road.

A feasibility study conducted at the time found there was £450,000 in section 106 funding - money from housing developers - at the county council "set aside for improving cycling provision in St John's".

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