Local cycle network barriers

Flintshire County Council is undertaking a review of barriers across the local cycle network to ensure routes are safe, accessible, and inclusive for all users.

The review forms part of the Council’s Inclusive Impact Assessment (IIA), which evaluates each barrier in terms of accessibility, safety, and compliance with the Active Travel Act Guidance (2021). 

Flintshire County Council is committed to creating a cycle network that is safe, accessible, and welcoming to all users. Barriers, while sometimes necessary for safety and access control, can present challenges for certain users, including people with disabilities, mobility aid users, families with pushchairs, adapted cycle users, and less confident cyclists.  We want to engage directly with specialist user groups and representatives of vulnerable communities to ensure the decisions we make are informed by lived experience and practical perspectives. 

Each barrier is being assessed individually, and recommendations may include: 

• Removal where the barrier is no longer required
• Retention where the current design is necessary and proportionate
• Adjustment to improve accessibility and compliance with the Active Travel Act Guidance 

Initial public drop-in sessions will be held to provide residents with an opportunity to speak directly with Council officers, comment on barrier locations, share and discuss experiences and practical challenges faced when using the cycle network: 

Date: Friday 28th November 2025
Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Location: Deeside Leisure Centre, Chester Road West, Queensferry, Flintshire, CH5 1SA

Date: Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Jade Jones Pavilion, Earl Street, Flint, Flintshire, CH6 5ER 

Date: Thursday 4th December 2025
Time: 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Deeside Leisure Centre, Chester Road West, Queensferry, Flintshire, CH5 1SA 

Where demand dictates additional drop-in events will be arranged and to broaden participation, an online consultation will open before Christmas and will run into the new year.  These opportunities to get involved will be widely publicised on the council’s website, through social media and in the local press.  

For further information, residents can email active.travel@flintshire.gov.uk or call 01352 701234.