This is how Chorlton could look if bold new plans masterminded by cycling tsar Chris Boardman get the green light.

Images show how cyclists and pedestrians would be given priority over cars in key areas like Four Banks and Barlow Moor Road if the £13.4m changes to the city centre artery are carried out.

Described as one of the 'country's most ambitious cycling and walking routes', it's part of Olympian Chris Boardman's £1.5bn vision to create a network of 'beelines' across Greater Manchester.

Running along Barlow Moor Road, Manchester Road, Upper Chorlton Road and Chorlton Road, the new 5km route is aimed at cyclists making their way to and from the city centre.

Its design, led by Brian Deegan, the engineer behind London's Boris routes, was inspired by other European cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen. It features Dutch-style segregated cycling and walking lanes and junctions dubbed 'the most advanced in the UK'.

Behind Mr Deegan are the same engineering team from Manchester City Council who created the Oxford Road cycling corridor.

Funding for the route includes £9.6m from the Greater Manchester Mayor's Challenge Fund, with the remainder from a Government grant.

The scheme is now out for public consultation, with details on how to take part detailed below.

The Chorlton route was first announced in July, along with 14 other initial plans targeting areas across the borough.

Completely segregated routes - amounting to 2.5 miles - are also planned for Salford, Rochdale, Wigan and Brinnington. Other routes are to be announced in due course.

Chris Boardman, Greater Manchester cycling and walking commissioner said the goal was to make cycling and walking the 'natural choice for short journeys', adding: That means creating world-class streets where people want to socialise and relax. Some of the junction designs proposed are the most advanced yet that we’ve seen in the UK.

“Manchester City Council and Trafford Council deserve full credit for coming up with such an ambitious and appealing cycling and walking route.”

Angeliki Stogia, the council's lead on environment, planning and transport, said the scheme was up for consultation as part of an 'absolute determination' to create a network of quality, safe cycling routes across the region.

She added: “This is already a very busy corridor for cyclists, but the proposed upgrade will make the route much safer and more appealing, encouraging many more people to adopt cycling and walking as their preferred modes of transport."

Coun Stephen Adshead, executive member for Environment, Air Quality and Climate Change at Trafford Council, added: "Local air quality and reducing our impact on climate change is really important to making Trafford a great place to live, work and relax.

"The provision of a better and improved cycle and walking route will give residents the opportunity to easily commute in and out of the borough whilst reducing their CO2 emissions.”

Detailed designs for the Metrolink bridge road option on Manchester Road and the junction at Stretford Road / Chorlton Road are still being worked up. Plans for these aspects will be published in the New Year.

The Manchester to Chorlton cycling and walking route is being proposed by Manchester City Council, the One Trafford Partnership, Transport for Greater Manchester and Greater Manchester’s Cycling and Walking Commissioner, Chris Boardman.

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Local residents, businesses, community groups and other interested parties are now invited to review the proposals and have their say here.

The public consultation period on the designs will run until January 11 2019. Four public events will take place in Chorlton and Stretford during November and December.