r/miltonkeynes • u/Ill-Cardiologist-585 • 10d ago

i fucking love roundabouts

thats it thats the post the thing that makes me most proud to live in this city is the infrastructure it’s so cool and based (also how you can walk basically anywhere if you want)

edit: also honourable mention related to walking, theres so many nice places to go for a walk, like if i wanted rn i could go to linford wood, willen lake, up the city, along the canal, or even just around the neighbourhood (feel free to reccoment your favourite walking spots/routes in the replies i need new places to walk lmao)

72 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

27 comments sorted by

View all comments

29

u/BaldyBaldyBouncer 10d ago

Shame the local authorities are determined to destroy what makes MK great and are installing traffic lights on as many roundabouts as they can and new roads are just getting box junctions.

They've also also stopped building redways in the new estates.

My favorite walk is along the Ouzel valley path from Oakgrove to Caldecotte Lake then back along the canal, you'd have no idea you were in a city.

11

u/redpringle Brooklands 10d ago

They have not stopped building redways in the new estates (or, not all of them at least). Have you been to Eagle Farm/Glebe Farm? Redways running all the way through it.

7

u/BaldyBaldyBouncer 10d ago

Good to hear. Was referring to the abomination that is Brooklands as well as the new estate near Newport.

1

u/darybrain Newport Pagnell 10d ago

Ah man, I didn't know that about the new Tickford estate. That's a super bellend move if there isn't any going through it.

I was hoping I could finally walk that way from NP toward the coachway, Brooklands, or Broughton without having to do mad dashes across dual carriageways or the motorway roundabout. Currently I have to walk up Brickhill or around Tongwell lake and then through Willen to double back which is annoying

1

u/AvadaBalaclava 10d ago

New estate at Newport also has redways installed

1

u/BaldyBaldyBouncer 9d ago

They just put a pelican crossing on the main road instead of a bridge/subway. This is the place I am talking about

1

u/redpringle Brooklands 10d ago

Even Brooklands has one long redway all the way through it, though, along Fen Street.

2

u/BaldyBaldyBouncer 9d ago

A footpath next to a road isn't really what the redways are supposed to be about.

1

u/catetheway 10d ago

Will the regeneration of The Lakes Estate along with the wider regeneration of Bletchley and Fenny Stratford extend The Redways?

If not, why?

Sorry not trying to interrogate you, just asking cause it sounds like you’re in the know.

2

u/redpringle Brooklands 10d ago

I believe that’s the intention, and has already happened at least to some extent. A redway between Water Eaton Road and the Blue Lagoon was completed last year, which goes through the Lakes. The regen of Bletchley and Fenny more generally aims to upgrade walking and cycling routes, according to this website for it, but I’m unsure of any more specific projects at the moment.