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Cambridgeshire County Council, in partnership with Milestone Infrastructure decided that all studs should be fully renewed.
The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway (also known as the Cambridge-Huntingdon Rapid Transit Scheme) connects Cambridge, Huntingdon and St Ives. At 25km it is the longest track of its kind in the world.
The busway was opened in August 2011 as part of the Cambridge Gateway Project, designed to improve bus, cycle and pedestrian access to Cambridge railway station by offering a viable alternative to the congested A14 road.
Running alongside the busway is a wide cycle path which connects St Ives with the north of Cambridge, and Cambridge Rail Station with Trumpington Park & Ride and Addenbrooke’s Hospital. The cycle path can also be used by pedestrians and partly as a bridleway.
At this time Cambridgeshire County Council recommended that the cycle path required night time route delineation to help users clearly see the path edges, both on the outside edge of the path and adjacent to the bus guidance tracks.
Given the rural nature of much of the route, there was a wish to avoid excessive reliance on overhead lighting which necessitates additional street furniture and contributes to light pollution. There was also a need to avoid the costs of tunnelling and the intrusive disturbance of laying electric cables along the route.
In 2013 Clearview Intelligence worked with Cambridgeshire County Council to design a lighting solution that provided cyclists and pedestrians with clear delineation between the cycle path and the busway tracks.
SolarLite Active Road Studs were the perfect solution as they provide lower levels of illumination than overhead lights whilst having much less impact on light pollution and on nocturnal wildlife than traditional lighting.
SolarLite Active Road Studs were installed all along the northern section of the busway from the Cambridge Science Park towards St Ives. The studs were installed at 20 metre intervals on either side of the path.
2023 – Re-lighting
Ten years on, some of the solar road studs needed changing, having lasted for 25% longer than their original design life.
Cambridgeshire County Council, in partnership with Milestone Infrastructure, decided that instead of just replacing those it was decided that all of them should be fully renewed in one project.
Cambridgeshire County Council, in partnership with Milestone Infrastructure, decided that re-installation and re-lighting of the cycle route was essential. This is testament to the huge success of the original scheme and overall longevity of the solar studs.
Clearview have just completed renewal of the solar studs along the cycle route with red studs placed at junctions of certain inter-sections – warning the cyclist or pedestrian where there may be a potential hazard, such as a crossing.
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