Go Skegness scheme has helped improve area's roads

Gibraltar Path
Gibraltar Point, Phase 1 – improved off-road ‘Fibredec’ footway/cycleway leading to Gibraltar Point nature reserve and visitor centre

The £5.7m Go Skegness project, which came to a successful end in late 2019, is part of £10m spent on road improvements within Skegness since late 2016.

Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: "Skegness is an integral part of the county's economy, which is why we've invested over £10m to improve its roads and make travel in and around the area easier over the past three years.

"Not only have we built and improved over two miles of footways and cycle ways as part of Go Skegness, but we've also constructed nearly half a mile of new A52 bus lane and nine new/upgraded bus stops during the scheme.

"One of the main things we wanted to achieve through the project was to make it easier for more people to leave their cars at home and to walk or cycle instead, which we've done by providing safer and more reliable options to residents and visitors.

"And separate to Go Skegness, we recently spent nearly £1m reconstructing Castleton Boulevard and its footways, as well as resurfacing the North Parade mini-roundabout."

A52 Bus Lane

A52 Roman Bank – 640 metres of new bus lane added

Pat Doody, Acting Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP, said: “The LEP is delighted to have supported the Go Skegness programme. Our Growth Deal investment of £4 million has helped to provide a cohesive approach to sustainable transport in Skegness, enabling a broad range of improvements to support the visitor economy and opportunities for visitors and residents to use a wide variety of modes of transport.”

Cllr Colin Davie, Executive Member for Economic Development, added: “Tourism is booming on the east coast, and these improvements should help ensure that this upwards trend continues for the foreseeable future. Tourism is a cornerstone of the Lincolnshire economy, bringing in £1 billion a year, so the benefits of these works will be felt countywide."

With an aim to make sustainable travel easier for residents and visitors, the following improvements have been carried out since Go Skegness started in September 2016:

  • A longer bus lane and an upgraded shared cycling and walking path on the A52 Roman Bank
  • Improved cycleways, footways and links to key visitor destinations in and around Skegness and Ingoldmells, including Butlins to North Shore Road; Winthorpe Avenue; and Spirewic Avenue to Old Roman Bank
  • Over one mile of new and enhanced Skegness to Gibraltar Point shared footway / cycleway
  • New and improved public transport facilities such as bus stops and laybys, including at Lumley Road and on the A52/Skegness Road near Beacon Medical Practice in Ingoldmells
  • Improved pedestrian crossings at the Sea Lane/Roman Bank junction in Ingoldmells and Scarbrough Avenue/Roman Bank junction in Skegness.
  • Improved way-finding and information for visitors
Beacon Bus Stop

A52 Skegness Road, Ingoldmells – two accessible bus stops built and improved footways near Beacon Medical Practice

The Go Skegness project has been made possible thanks to £4m of funding secured by the Greater Lincolnshire LEP from the Government’s Single Local Growth Fund.

For information about this and other major road schemes, visit www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/majorprojects.

Published: 23rd January 2020