Grantham is divided over proposals from Lincolnshire County council to make the town centre more friendly towards cyclists and pedestrians.

Consultation had revealed 48 per cent of respondents to a survey in favour of planned changes, a small majority over the 44 per cent who opposed them.

The move follows the county council receiving £799,999

from central government for a range of projects across Lincolnshire, as previously reported by Nub News. The county sought public feedback, receiving 2750 replies from residents and business organisations. Today, Lincolnshire County Council issued a statement saying: "There is a solid basis of support for taking elements of the project forward in Grantham. "Following consultation feedback we recommend this project is taken forward with the following recommendations: · The creation of a 'Sustainable Travel Corridor' allowing buses and cycles to progress southbound on High Street. Northbound traffic would continue as is currently the case · At St Peter's Hill the straight ahead lane to be removed from the west side and turned into a wider footway and area for outdoor retail/hospitality · St Peter's Hill eastbound lane to be removed to continue sustainable travel corridor - breaking into filter lanes opposite Belvoir estate agents · The closure of Guildhall Street at the junction of High Street allowing access for deliveries but on Guildhall Street but no access to/from High Street · Westgate area proposals to be dropped with monitoring during first 6 months of ETO to consider installation of temporary give way islands if traffic needed to be slowed further. Projects in Lincoln, Louth, Skegness, Sturton-by-Stow, also won majority support and will go ahead, with public feedback leading to revisions to schemes in Louth and Skegness. Other prospective schemes in Boston, Mablethorpe and Spalding were not supported by the public, and will not be going ahead Each scheme will be implemented for a period of up to 18 months. After that time the council says a decision will be made whether or not to keep the changes, after further engagement with locals. Cllr Richard Davies, executive member for highways and transport at Lincolnshire County Council, said: "We were clear when we launched this consultation that only those schemes with public support would get the go ahead. We've listened to what residents have told us and made amendments to schemes based on your feedback. We'll start work as soon as we can to put in the changes that residents have told us they want to see. "Where these schemes are being implemented, they will be temporary for up to 18 months. If they work for the community, we can make them permanent. And if they don't, we can take them out again easily. "Although they are temporary, we're keen for no community to feel like they've just got roadworks happening for 18 months so we will use high quality infrastructure to implement these changes, such as traffic planters. "With some of the schemes not supported and so not going ahead, we've got some funding left it the pot. As such we're looking to consult on more prospective schemes very shortly for Stamford, Sutton-on-Sea and Lincoln. "Once again, these ideas have come from the public, and will only get the go ahead if they're supported by other local residents."