Dumfries and Galloway has a wide selection of cycle routes running across the region. DGDesign has been involved in the development and improvement of a number of these routes and cycleways.

You can find out more about some of the major projects where Engineering Design services have been used. Select a project from the list to get further details on the work carried out and the services provided by the team.

- A75T Cycleway Bridge

- Blackcraig Cycleway

- Caledonian Cycleway

- Castle Douglas Cycleway

- Kingholm Quay Cycleway

- Sandgreen to Gatehouse Cycleway

- Whitesands Cycleway

A75T Pedestrian /Cycleway Bridge Client : Dumfries and Galloway Council Project Value : £274,000 Services Provided: Design and Supervision

This project completed the last major link on the Caledonian Cycleway, which runs between Locharbriggs and Dumfries. The bridge has a main span of 42m and is a semi-through Warren Truss type in rectangular hollow steel sections

The bridge, and associated supports and ramps were fabricated by steelwork sub-contractor Nusteel Structures Ltd and erected during a one day closure of the A75 Trunk Road. Funding for the project came jointly from the Scottish Public Transport Fund and the European Development Fund.

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Creetown to Blackcraig Cycleway Client : Dumfries and Galloway Council Project Value : £282,000 Services Provided: Design and Supervision. Completion Date : 2000

The Creetown to Blackcraig Cycleway is a section of the National Cycle Route 7 and is constructed on the track bed of a dismantled railway. The project includes 3.1 Km of 2m wide path together with a timber overbridge.

Substantial accommodation works were carried out in order to facilitate the working farms on both sides of the route.

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Caledonian Cycleway Client: Dumfries and Galloway Council Project Value: £1,100,000 Services Provided: Design and Supervision Completion Date: 2001

The Caledonian Cycleway is constructed on the trackbed of the dismantled Caledonian Railway Line and links the communities of Heathhall, Locharbriggs and Dumfries, and also provides access to Dumfries Railway Station.

The Dumfries to Locharbriggs cyclepath forms a major element of the extensive network of local cycletracks being constructed in Dumfries. The project includes 3.5km of 3.0m wide path, two Trunk Road overbridges and dedicated pedestrian/cycle crossings.

The route is well used by both commuters and school children, and also for leisure and sporting activities.

Funding partners for the scheme were Dumfries and Galloway Council, the Scottish Executive, Millennium Commission via Sustrans, European Union (ERDF), sportscotland and Scottish Natural Heritage.

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Castle Douglas Cycleway Client: Dumfries and Galloway Council Project Value: £136,000 Completion Date : 2001

Castle Douglas Cycleway is part of the Dumfries and Galloway Cycling Initiative.

The project meant extending the width of the existing footway adjacent to Carlingwark Loch to a nominal 3.2metres for shared cycle/pedestrian usage over a length of some 800 metres and provision of a new 2.5metre wide cycleway through Lochside park over a length of some 100 metres.

Road widening and new bridge parapets were required to facilitate the scheme.

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Kingholm Quay Cycleway Client : Dumfries and Galloway Council Project Value : £140,000

Kingholm Quay to Dock Park cycleway is part of the Dumfries and Galloway Cycling Initiative.

The Project consisted of constructing/upgrading a shared cycleway/pedestrian route along the existing path between Kingholm Quay and Dock Park in Dumfries to a nominal width between 2.5m and 3m.

The scheme accords with the Council's objectives of Inclusion, Economic Regeneration, Quality of Life and fully accords with the new direction in National Transport Policy relating to improved safety for cyclists, better community health and promotion of tourism.

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Sandgreen to Gatehouse Cycleway Client: Dumfries and Galloway Council. Project Value: £37,000 Services Provided: Design and Supervision Completion Date : 2002

The Sandgreen to Gatehouse Cycleway is a section of the National Cycle Route 7.

The project includes 170m of 2.5m surfaced path, 150m of unbound track together with a timber overbridge.

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Whitesands Cycleway Client: Dumfries and Galloway Council Project Value: £102,000 Completion Date: January 2001

The Whitesands Cycleway is a shared cycle / pedestrian way constructed alongside the picturesque River Nith through the heart of Dumfries. It forms a traffic free corridor through a busy tourist area and is part of National Cycleroute No 7.

Funding partners for the scheme included Dumfries and Galloway Council, the Scottish Executive, Millennium Commission via Sustrans, and the European Union (ERDF).

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