Juniper Park
The new development at Eastern Green which includes new homes, employment sites and a school is progressing well with some house building well underway.
This page will be regularly updated as the work starts, including what is happening when, and any traffic management required
14 October
Juniper Park cycleway is now open to the public for use. Some minor works are taking place and will be completed over the next 6 weeks.
3 September
Juniper Park work continues to progress well and road resurfacing will commence next week. The work will be finished late September and will be announced on the Council's social media channels.
5 August
Juniper Park is progressing well with kerbing almost complete between Parkhill Drive and Woodridge Avenue. The final section near to the Eastern Green development site boundary has been surfaced. The surfacing in this area uses permeable paving material which will allow tree routes to absorb rainwater and remain unaffected by the route. Works to the crossing are due to commence later this month.
8 July
Works are progressing well on both sides of Woodridge Avenue. The drainage improvements have been installed, and works are commencing with the kerbing of the upgraded route.
The site is being designed in a way that provides good direct links for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport to the neighbouring communities whilst ensuring that car traffic enters and leaves the site from the A45 using the recently completed new junction.
Part of the plans included a bus and cycle link from Parkhill Drive into the new development. However, after listening to your feedback we are no longer planning to include the bus link. This means buses will access the site off the A45. We are still planning to install a 435 metre fully accessible pedestrian and cycle route from Parkhill Drive to the new development.
This will be funded by the developer and once we can secure more funding the long-term aim is to connect to the city centre.
The first phase linking the park to the new development includes:
- New 3 metre segregated cycle path - alongside the route of the existing pedestrian footpath and an additional small section of new footpath and cycle path
- Upgraded crossing on Woodridge Avenue to a parallel crossing for cycles and pedestrians
- Drainage improvements
There will be no impact on any of the trees except for one tree, which will require some cutting back.