Plans for two cycling super highways have been unveiled as part of a £913 million scheme to get more Londoners on their bikes. The continuous routes will cross central London from east to west and north to south and will be almost completely separated from traffic.

The north-south route will run for more than 3 miles from Elephant & Castle to King's Cross. The east-west route will run from Barking to Acton, a distance of over 18 miles, including a section on the Westway flyover, where one lane will be removed to create a segregated cycle track.

Protected cycle routes will also be created through dangerous junctions, including Tower Hill, Blackfriars, Parliament Square and Lancaster Gate. Connections will be created to cycle routes servicing other parts of the City, West End and suburbs.

Subject to detailed public consultation - which begins today - work will start early next year and the routes will open in March 2016.