Current Issues

Transport Assessments

The assessments of the transport implications of various options being looked at, for the future expansion of Loughborough, are now available on the Charnwood Borough Council website. The Assessments were prepared in partnership with the Highway Authorities, Highway Agency and key stakeholders and are based on the Central Leicestershire Transport Model and an upgraded Loughborough Traffic Model. They all appear to assume a continuation of a car dominated community.

Student parking

The SwampedbyCars team is to be congratulated following the publication of Charnwood Borough Council's Scrutiny Panel Report on University Parking and Entrances. See http://tiny.cc/tV6Uw.

The panel recommends that the University register all student cars coming to Town. When this is added to the existing parking restrictions around the campus then students parking in the wrong place can be identified and dealt with by the University.

The University and College are to urge campus users not to bring their cars to Loughborough, except for those with exceptional need. Unfortunately, an outright ban on student cars was not supported, but this was probably too much to hope for.

New student accommodation, both on and off campus, is to be subject to 'no car' agreements and S106 contributions are to be used to facilitate public transport, cycling and walking. Green Travel Plans are to be strengthened and the University, S.U. and College are to make efforts to encourage wider use of cycling, taking as examples the successful schemes run by Nottingham and Leeds with the support of Sustrans.

The Borough Council to use its position to improve bus provision, frequency and capacity, including more attractive price structures.

Loughborough & District
Cycle Users' Campaign