St Cuthberts Garden Village

St Cuthbert’s Garden Village which will seek to deliver 10,000 new homes along with employment and retail opportunities is an opportunity for the Council to be ambitious in relation to delivering modal shift. As part of the St Cuthbert’s Garden Village proposals a new dedicated busway is being explored. A new, dedicated service can provide the capacity for the concentrated flows (Durdar - City Centre) where a bus service is most likely to be efficient for potential passengers, without impacting on capacity on existing bus routes. A dedicated busway will allow for services to be increased as the SCGV is built out, with potential for services running every few minutes. A dedicated busway will enable bus services to run quickly and reliably between Durdar, the main development site and the city centre, with journey times of around 10 minutes, low enough to be attractive and competitive with the private car.