Pic: Google FOOTPATHS along the A456 in Halesowen look set to be widened, along with other improvements, thanks to government funding to help people walk and cycle safely. Dudley Council is proposing the scheme to widen footways and improve pedestrian crossings along the A456 Manor Way, which will allow for shared use between cyclists and pedestrians, on both sides of the road. There are also plans to improve traffic signals and a drop in the speed limit from 50mph to 40mph. It is one of two proposals being delivered under the Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund The other is a cycle path from Burnt Tree to Tipton Road, in Dudley, centred around the future Metro stop.