West Felixstowe walking, wheeling and cycling improvements

Suffolk County Council is asking for your views on walking and cycling improvements we’re planning to make to the Maidstone Road and Grange Road area in Felixstowe.

This area is a busy one at school drop-off and pick-up times as two primary schools are located here - SET Felix school and Grange Community school. You told us in earlier feedback (in 2023) that you would like to see improvements to make the area safer for all those families and children walking and cycling to school.

In addition, the population of Felixstowe is expected to grow over the next few years with a new neighbourhood planned to the north of the town which will result in more people travelling in the area.

• Give you more options to walk, cycle or wheel for local journeys
• Make it easier and safer for families and children walking and cycling to school by providing more space, upgrading crossings and creating safer junctions
• Improve air quality and reduce air pollution for children and local residents
• Make the roads less busy for those who have to use them

We have drawn up some ideas for the walking and cycling improvements and we’re holding a consultation so that you can give us your feedback. We may not be able to deliver all of the changes immediately, so your feedback is important on helping us decide what is most important. The consultation closes on the 20 ^th  December. You can have your say by filling in a survey using the link at the bottom of this page.

Once the consultation has closed, we will consider your feedback and and review the designs to decide which parts of will have the biggest impact, and then finalise these elements. We then hope to be able to deliver these during 2025.

A summary report of the consultation will be published in  spring 2025 which will be available to download from the  Way To Go website .

If you have any questions or would like a printed copy of the survey posted to you please contact  customer.services@suffolk.gov.uk  or call us on 0345 603 1842

We will be holding a community event to give you the opportunity to discuss the proposals with us and give feedback in person:

• Wednesday 20th November, 2:30pm - 6:45pm ,  Felixstowe Methodist Church, IP11 9BT 

Thank you for taking part in our consultation – we look forward to hearing your views.

The route runs from the northern end of Maidstone Road where it meets the High Street, over the railway line and into Grange Road. It then follows Ferry Lane across to where it goes under the A14.

Our vision is to make the neighbourhoods around Maidstone Road, Grange Road and Ferry Lane safer and easier to walk and cycle, particularly for those children and families who go to the two local primary schools. We want to hear from the community on what the challenges are and which solutions you think would make the biggest difference to you.

You can scroll through the route on the interactive map below, or click on the 'Map' tab above to go straight to a static map of the route. The interactive map can be zoomed in and out by using the controls in the bottom right.

The phrase shared use path is used in the descriptions below. These are a path of at least 3 metres wide that people can both walk and cycle on.

The following route visuals have been prepared to give an idea of what some parts of the proposals could look like. The exact details of each intervention will be determined after the consultation, depending on the feedback we receive and what funding is available to deliver the changes.

Please tell us what you think about our plans to improve walking and cycling along the West Felixstowe route by  taking part in our survey.