Problems

Lack of a cycle track on a busy road.
Dangerous road markings on a fast roundabout.

Proposals

Remove the dangerously misleading markings from the roundabout on Cornwall Mount / Annan Road.
Narrow the approaches and carriageway of the Annan Road roundabout to create a more compact layout and calm traffic.
Create a cycle track along one side of Cornwall Mount.
Link into future cycle tracks along the Annan Road and Brooms Road.

Benefits

Greatly improved safety at the two roundabouts at either end of Cornwall Mount.
A key link in building any kind of cycling infrastructure from the railway station to settlements in the south of Dumfries.

At a glance

Council Ward: 9 - Nith

Total route length: 200 m

Travel times: By bike ≈ / e-bike ≈

Total gap length:

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Explore the gaps on Missing Link #5 - Railway Station - Heading South

The Details

The nearest cycle facilities south of the station are some short lengths on Brooms Road, either side of the Leafield Road roundabout. Therefore it is difficult to talk about missing links when there is nothing to link to! However, as we cover in our chapter on Annan and Lockerbie Roads there is scope to provide a cycle track along the Annan Road and Brooms Road. However, accessing either of these roads involves Cornwall Mount which has busy, daunting roundabouts at either end.

In the East of the Station Missing Link we made recommendations about improvements to the roundabout at the station end of Cornwall Mount. The south end of Cornwall Mount, where it meets Annan Road, also has peripheral cycle lanes which are dangerously misleading. The same comments, and possible changes, therefore apply to both roundabouts.

There is sufficient room to create a cycle track along one side of Cornwall Mount, ideally considered at the same time as the suggested redesign of the roundabouts at either end. Initially this would at least create a cycle connection to and from the Police headquarters. It would be a start to onward expansion of the cycle network southwards and across the Annan Road railway bridge to the Annan Road/Leafield Road junction. From there it is just a short distance to the DG1 Leisure Complex and retail park on Leafield Road.