Draft cycle map for Ipswich 2008 for comment. Note that this .pdf file is  large (4.4 meg) and it may be appropriate to right-cIick and save it to your computer before viewing.

Draft Ipswich Cycle Map 2008

We will soon receive paper copies of the map and then will arrange a meeting to go through it in detail.

Issues

The following issues relate to the main map (not the town centre map). I suggest we wait for confirmation that our recommendations for the big map are going to be acted on before we tackle the local map. I also suggest we need to discuss with Lucy the scope of information that should be provided on the local map before starting.

The Issues beIow are divided up into sections and should be described carefully to help the mapping company accurately interpret what we are asking. All issues should have a unique identifiers to allow them to be tracked and grid references and a full description the problem. The grid references for the main map should be based on the letters and numbers around the map but with an additional digit to give the location more precisely. The location of all issues (except general issues) should also be marked on the paper map.

Locality name issues (L)

Issues to do with the naming of areas, suburbs of villages. Missing  ones, misplaced ones, mis-titled ones.

L1: Add \47Pinewoood\47 at D418 - accepted

L2: Add \47Rushmere\47 at B545 - accepted

L3: Add \47Bourne Bridge\47 at D532 - rejected

L4: Move \47Broke Hall\47 to C748 - accepted

L5: Add \47Broom Hill\47 at B328 - accepted (but referred to as The Dales\47)

L6: Move \47Stoke Park\47 to D525 - accepted

L7: Add \47Warren Heath\47 at D753 - accepted

L8: Add \47Whitehouse\47 at B217 - accepted

L9: Move Greenwich to D437 as per markup -accepter

L10: Add \47Bixley\47 at C654 (although I am not clear exactly where Bixley starts and ends, Lucy may be able to advise - accepted (called Bixley Farm)

L11: Add \47Pinebrook\47 at D215 - accepted

L12: Add \47Brookwood\47 at D319 - rejected

L13: Add \47Thorington Park' at  D721 -rejected

8 out of 13 accepted, the others are less important destinations, but our opinion is that inclusion would have been beneficial.

Way issues (W)

Issues to do with roads, cycleways, bridle-paths, footpaths etc. Mis-classified ones, missing one and ones that should be included. The issue about \47Advisory cycle routes of quieter roads\47 will be dealt with separately (see general comment).

W1: Add bridleway between  Brendon Drive and Bell Lane (from C154 to C458) - accepted

W2: Add bridleway between Dobbs Lane and national cycle route 1 (B769) - accepted

W3: Reclassify \47footpath\47 from Bucklesham Road to Purdis Road as unsurfaced road (D853-D961) - rejected

W4: Add unsurfaced road \47Purdis Avenue\47 (from Bucklam road north) (D755-D855) - rejected

W5: Add missing footpath from Woodrush Road to Felixstowe Road (D849) - accepted

W6: Add cycle-path from Belvedere Road  down through cemetery to Cemetery Road - rejected

W7: Add mobile home park off Foxhall Road C752 - rejected

W8: Add additional footpaths on Rushmere Heath as per mark-up on map C251 - rejected

W9: Add \47Linksfield\47 as unsurfaced road at B853 as per mark-up on map - accepted

W10: Add \47Linksfield Gardens\47 (off Linksfield) at B853 as per mark-up on map - rejected

W11: Add a considerable number of important paved footpaths in Stoke Park around D525 (details will need to be supplied) - accepted (some only)

W12: Add a footpaths connecting Hawke Road, Ireland Road, Raeburn Road and Landseer Road D739 - accepted

W13: Add a number of important paved paths in Broke Hall (including green way from Brendon Drive to Broadlands Way  (currently show as road) and then on down Bixley Lane (currently shown incorrectly as a road) and across the stream to North South footpath (W14) C554 - rejected

W14: Add footpath from bridleway (W1) at (C155) down to Foxhall Road (C556)  connecting up with W13 - rejected

W15: Show cycle-path from Arundel Way to Chatsworth Drive (C551) - rejected

W16: Add footpath connecting Murray Road to King Edwards Road at C943 - rejected

W17: Add footpath connecting Chilton Road to St Augustine\47s Garden C747 - rejected

W18: Add gated path connecting Pearson Road to Heath Lane C447 - rejected

W19 Mark northern end of Pearson Road near hospital as one way going south C447 - accepted

W20: Add service road access to Copleston School and Copleston Sports Centre from Foxhall Road at C455 - accepted

W21: Add footpath across recreation ground from Brunswick Road to  Lonsdale Close and  Meadowvale Close B739 - rejected

W22: Show footpath to east of Jimmy\47s farm and railway bridge at E225 - rejected

W23: Show footpath from Bobbits Lane to  A137 D826 - rejected

W24: Add name to \47Bobbit\47s Lane\47 at D724 - accepted

W25: Add footpath from Cottingham Road to Belstead and show tunnel under A14  D715 - rejected

W26: Add cyclepath connecting the two ends of Oak Hill Lane C929 - accepted

W27: Add footpath connecting bottom of Grantham Crescent to Gippeswyk Ave C727 - rejected

W28: Add bridge symbol to show that A14 goes over Grove Hill D718 - accepted

W29: Add bridge symbol to show that A4 goes over \47The Strand\47 D934 - accepted

W30: Clarify that Church Lane goes under A14 (as a footpath) and remove dead-end section of road to make this clearer C414 - accepted

W31: Add north-south footpath through Christchurch Park  B333 - accepted

W32: Add service roads within Ipswich Hospital grounds C247 - accepted

W33: Show access to the river bank from Nacton (Church Lane) E859 - accepted

W34: Show footpath connecting Wyntenton Close to Mildmay Road D443 - rejected

W35: Show cycle-paths connecting Andros Close, Platters Close and Fishbane Close and footpath into Brazier\47s wood - rejected

W36: Remove tracks from private woods to east of Nuffield hospital on both sides of Monument Farm Road C459 - rejected

W37: Add public footpath from Foxhall Road to Monument Farm Road C658 - rejected

W38: Dog\47s Head Street and Tacket Street are shown Dashed Red but dashed red does not appear in key.Should this section not just be red (National Cycle Route) C433 - accepted

W39: Add footpath from Rushmere Road to Dunbarton Road B646 - rejected

W40: Route 4A is not identified on the map as 4A C748 - accepted

W41:n/a

W42: To my knowledge Deben Avenue, Grange Farm is not a \47signed cycle route\47 B669 - rejected

W43: To my knowledge Main Road, Martlesham is not a \47signed cycle route B374 - rejected

W44: n/a

W45: part of the new cycle route through Christchurch park needs to be added B831 - accepted

W46: Add footpath connecting Shrubland Avenue to Bramford Lane, move Allotment symbol to the right of the footpath and add a recreation symbol to the left. B521 - rejected

W47: Add footpath from Bramford to Sproughton B714 - rejected

W48: Add footpath from Stoke Park Drive to Bobbit\47s Lane D824 - rejected

W49: Add footpath along river from Bridge Street to Princes Street (mark as narrow) C530 - rejected

W50: Add waterfront route from the end of Coprolite Street to Ship Launch Lane and connect to Patteson Road C635 - accepted

W51: The section of Ancaster Road from Gippeswyck Ave to Belstead Road should be marked as unsurfaced and suitable only for mountain bikes! C627 - rejected

W52: there is an foot-underpass by Kesgrave School. B663 - accepted

W53: Add route \04741\47 symbol to signed cycle route along School Lane in Martlesham B079 - accepted

W54: Carr Street/Westgate Street/Buttermarket etc are shown as one way. I understand that two way cycling is now allowed outside 10:30 - 4:30 C132 - rejected

W55: I think there is a stray \47Route 51 this way\47 along Tacket Street. C434 - accepted (sign still there but not one-way)

W56: Show the road layout of the new housing being build off Ranleigh Road and also show the new cycle/foot bridge across the Gipping as \47under construction\47 C526 - rejected

W57: Show footpath connecting Sherrington Road to Broomhil Road to Valley Road B627 - rejected

W58: I believe that route 4A should continue from Foxhall Road up Britannia Road to Newbury Road C445 - rejected

W59: Show paved footpath from Lupin Road across park to cycle-path C524  - rejected

W60: Mark Christchurch park as \47no 24hour\47 or possibly \47dawn til dusk\47. B333 - accepted

W61: I believe that the Gippeswyck park entrance to Ancaster Road is  'dawn till dusk'  C627 - rejected

W62: route marked \47advisory cycle route\47 near Suffolk Police HQ is actually probably a bridleway B570 - accepted

W63: Add footpath from Woodlands Way to Foxhall Heath and connect it to residential side roads C355 - rejected

W64: I believe that the path from Ellenbrooke Road to Carolbrooke Road is now a cycle path D420 - accepted

W65: Add footpaths connecting Sprite\47s Lane, Quilter Drive and Grove Park and mark park area with green/dark green D617 - rejected

W66: The road marked Ward Road at one end and Chamberlainway at the other (D215) is actually called Ward Road for it\47s whole length. Also, short sections of cycle path (with signs) link WardRoad with Scrivener Drive in three places through to Broad Meadow, CherryBlossom Close and Greenspire Grove. - accepted

W67: Sprites Lane is cycle only where it joins Schrivener Drive C916 - rejected

W68: Add foot-path connecting Laburnum Close to Sprites Lane (this section of map is not very clear) D117 - rejected

W69: Add proposed route for ncn1 through SW Ipswich as per sustrans website - rejected

W70: Cycle path from Sinclair Drive to Wherstead Road - accepted 

W71: Add Wards View (Kesgrave) and connecting footpath to Booth Lane - rejected

Points of Interest (P)

Issues to do with points of interest. Missing ones, misplaced ones or ones that should not be included, inappropraitely named ones, ones that should have names. I suggest we restrict ourselves to one relevant to tourists and visitors (musuems,  tourist information, toilets) and to locals (schools, and sports centres). I suggest that  schools should be named if there is room comfortably on the map for a name.

P1: Add the \47Control Tower Museum\47 at B769) - rejected

P2: Clean up texture for \47Ipswich golf course\47 (it should be dark green on light green like St Clement\47s club course). Give it a name. (C753) - accepted

P3: Clean up texture for Bourne Park (it should be dark green and light green like Christchurch Park). (D528) - accepted

P4: Clean up texture for Chantry Park (it should be dark green on light green as per Christchurch Park) (C520) - accepted

P5: Add Copleston Sports Centre at C646 - accepted partially (but the text is in the wrong place) - rejected

P6: Add \47Hadleigh Road Ind Est\47 at C924 - accepted partially (but the name of the estate is missing - rejected

P7: provide green texture for Suffolk show ground and show the layout of tarmac paths and the top entrance on Bucklesham Road D657 - accepted

P8: Add Holywells School and its name at D846: Note there is a second school (a primary school) just to the south - accepted (Holywells added and named, but the primary school is still missing)

P9: Add name \47rec ground\47 D746 - rejected

P10: Add \47Jimmy\47s Farm\47 at E423 - rejected

P11: Add Gypsy Site and roads near to Bury Rd/A14 Junction A716 - rejected

P12: Clearly mark the main entrance to BT Research B976 - accepted

P13: show recreation space in middle of Bonny Crescent D747 - rejected

P14: Name \47Brazier\47s Wood\47 D843 - accepted

P15: Clean  up texture and boundary for Piper's Vale (it should be dark green on light green) D839 - partially accepted (but not in correct position according to OS map at entrance the the park)

P16: Clean up texture and  boundary for Orwell Country Park (it should be dark green on light green) D837 - accepted

P17: Add name for \47Christchurch Mansion\47 C033

P18: Remove cycle parking symbol from near shops in Martlesham Heath (it is the only one on the whole map) B874 - accepted (more symbols added)

P19: Add park texture (and name) to recreation ground to the north of Henniker Road and show the footpath from the marked cycle path down to Bramford Road. B517 - accepted

P20: Add a name and textual for 'Gainsborough Sports Centre' (currently there is no texture and the name is not specific ie 'Sport's and CommunityCentre'  D644 - rejected

P21: Bicycle doctor is shown on the wrong side of Bartholemew Road C337 - accepted

P22: Mark the Community/sports Centre by guided busway in Kesgrave and give it a name (not sure of the name) B959  - rejected

P23: Mark \47superstore\47 next to guided busway in Kesgrave B959 - accepted

P24: Mark \47retail\47 off Bury road A718 - accepted

P25: Mark \47Superstore\47 off bury Road A717 - accepted

P26: Change \47Superstore\47 to \47Retail\47 at Copdock D313 - accepted

P27: Add \47retail\47 for Ransomes D551 - partially accepted (but renamed whole industrial estate as retail)

P28: Change \47Superstore\47 to \47Retail\47 by Warren Heath D851 - rejected

P29: Add texture for the park/green area between Bucklesham Road/Salehurst Road as green/dark green  - accepted

General issues (G)

Comments about non map issues or general comments about the maps that can\47t be pinpointed on the map.

G1: Can the square markers (A-E  on left side and 1-7 along top) be closer to the edge, possibly actually in a box touching the line (I missed them the first time I looked for them). - rejected

G2: Add school names to all schools where space allows - rejected

G3: Local cycle routes are shown in dark blue but the route numbers are in green. Should the route numbers not be on blue also - rejected (evidently green is the correct colour)

G4: National Cycle Route 1 is shown passing to the north of Ispwich and also into the middle of Ipswich. The northern route is marked as both National Route 1 and regional route 48. What is the future of this route, I understand it will be re-signed as regional route 48 in which case I suggest it is coloured as blue and the national route 1 symbol is removed. This would also help where the route goes down Shakespeare Road (A921) where it is currently signed as a national route (1), a regional route (48) and also a local route (11B) - rejected

G5: When routes have multiple numbers can the symbols be grouped together in clumps. Route 1/4A along Freehold road is a good example (C842). Depending on where you look it appears to be national route 1 or local route 4. - accepted

G6: The \47Advisory Routes of quieter roads\47 are very poor indeed (Cauldhell Hall Road is defined as \47quiet\47 but the parallel 20mph Kirby St/Crabbe St/Kemball Street route is not marked as quiet. I suggest we mark these only on the paper map (there are just too manychanges to list and a highlighter pen on paper will be much clearer). - some changes, but no consultation on this

G7: Either an additional symbol is needed for an underpass or the text for the 'toucan' symbol should be changed to 'toucan or underpass'  - no changes made

G8: If you are going to mark libraries the mark all of them (thereseem to be very few and Tomline Road library is missing). Why librariesand not post offices, museums, toilets and many other generalfacilities The important thing is consistency, if you have a featurethen it must be implemented accurately. I suggest libraries go andmuseums are put in its place of which there are fewer and they are more useful to the visitor. - only central library shown now

Of the general issues only 1 out of 8 was accepted fully

Advisory routes

When we come to mark advisory routes on the map we should bear these comments from a cyclist in mind.

1. I would also query the marking of Hawthorn Drive(D1, C1)as \47quieter\47. I wrote to IBC back in 2003 (copy of letter attached)regarding the creation of a proper cycle path along the wide verge area as Ifelt then and still do now, that it could make a big difference to the number ofpeople making local journeys by bike... - rejected
2. Kestrel Road and Goldcrest Road (C1)linkingthrough to Sprites Lane are lovely quiet roads to bike along and should bemarked as such. - rejected
3. Church Lane (C1) and the underpass under the A14make a good quiet route through to Sproughton. I usually link with the HadleighRoad and a route through Chantry Park. -rejected
4. It would also be useful to mark Aster Road andLupin Road (C2) in yellow together with the short section of path that leadsthrough to the London Road cycle path. - rejected
5. Stone Lodge Lane West (C2) is quieter thanHawthorn Drive and along with Sheldrake Drive (D2, C2) could be marked inyellow. - rejected
6. To reach the town centre I use the ToucanCrossing across Civic Drive to Elm Steet and then continue across Museum Streetin to the rest of Elm Street,turning right into Kingstreet past the back of theCorn Exchange to reach the cycle parking at the top of Queen Street. This routeis much better than FriarSt/Queen St which have more traffic, parked cars, busesetc. The whole of Elm Street and King Street could be marked inyellow. - partially accepted.

Other comments for consideration

Sandlings Way

Thedrift/crofton road paths

Whatabout local shops

StMary’s