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Twelve corridors

Route by route

Each corridor with the map as it was drawn in 2016, what the review asked for, what happened over the decade, and where it stands now. The coloured strip on each card shows every proposal for that route and what became of it. Where local cyclists have reported designs that fall short of the government's cycle infrastructure standard, LTN 1/20, the route page says so.

The 2016 review's map of the Waterbeach Greenway corridor

Waterbeach Greenway

In design or planning

The review's Option 3 won, the towpath and railway options lost, and after ten years only the Cambridge end is open.

The 2016 review's map of the Horningsea Greenway corridor

Horningsea Greenway

Built and open

The only one of the twelve finished — and the one whose two ambitious links were both abandoned.

The 2016 review's map of the Swaffham Greenway corridor

Swaffham Greenway

In design or planning

Renamed in the singular in February 2026 — because Swaffham Prior fell out of the scheme.

The 2016 review's map of the Bottisham Greenway corridor

Bottisham Greenway

In design or planning

Absorbed the shared Cambridge-end section from the Swaffhams and gained Riverside, but lost its Wilbraham link, and the Ditton Lane underpass proposed since 2016 was rejected.

The 2016 review's map of the Fulbourn Greenway corridor

Fulbourn Greenway

In design or planning

The urban improvements survive and the Tins Path railway bridge is still in the scheme, but unbuilt; the longer-term paths along the rail corridor are not.

The 2016 review's map of the Linton Greenway corridor

Linton Greenway

Under construction

The most delivered of the rural greenways — and the one where both major structures were quietly replaced or shelved.

The 2016 review's map of the Sawston Greenway corridor

Sawston Greenway

Approved, construction due

Approved in July 2026 — with the disused railway corridor, the whole reason for re-aligning it, paused on cost.

The 2016 review's map of the Melbourn Greenway corridor

Melbourn Greenway

Under construction

Building at last, after the A505 bridge — the thing that would have finished the route — fell out of the scheme.

The 2016 review's map of the Haslingfield Greenway corridor

Haslingfield Greenway

In design or planning

Completely re-routed. The 2016 alignment, its Cam bridge and its Trumpington works are all gone.

The 2016 review's map of the Barton Greenway corridor

Barton Greenway

Still arguing

The village works and the central section of the A603 path are done, and done well. The two ends of the path are not, and the Baulk Path, carved out for a separate decision in July 2025, still hasn't had one.

The 2016 review's map of the Comberton Greenway corridor

Comberton Greenway

Under construction

Coton village and Adams Road are done, but the review asked for one wall to be removed on Adams Road and the programme spent £2.4m there. The biggest new off-road route left in the programme, beyond Coton, is still at planning stage.

The 2016 review's map of the St Ives Greenway corridor

St Ives Greenway

In design or planning

The 'jewel in the network' got two short new links and a roadside improvement, and lost its flood fix, its bridges and its highest-priority link.