Archive for the ‘Cycle routes’ Category
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
The new planning application for the bridges that’ll form part of the northern extension in Whitstable to the popular Crab & Winkle Way cycling and walking route has been submitted. One bridge will cross The Bridge Approach and the railway whilst the other will cross Teynham Road. Final images of these can be found to the left and right, though the colour of the final paintwork may vary.
Further details can be found on Canterbury City Council planning application CA//10/01293. We encourage you to write in support of this planning application, quoting the reference together with your name and address, to:
Planning Department
Canterbury City Council
Military Road
Canterbury
Kent
CT1 1YW
For background please see the Crab & Winkle Way extension section of the Future Routes portion of our website.
Tags: Canterbury District, Crab and Winkle Way, National Cycle Route 1, Whitstable
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Spokes is pleased to see that a portion of the Crab & Winkle Way cycle route between the Sarre Penn stream and Tyler Hill Road is now being surfaced with tarmac. This is a vast improvement to, more comfortable, and ultimately safer than the broken surface that was in place before. Our thanks go to Kent Highway Services for the work.
Tags: Canterbury District, Construction, Crab and Winkle Way, Kent Highway Services, National Cycle Route 1
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
Over the course of the summer the construction work on the Canterbury to Chartham cycle route has been progressing. Recent developments include preparing the site for bridges across to the rear of Staples, two smaller bridges across ditches, building the path around the Elham Valley Railway Line embankment, and the construction of the next phase of path into Bretts Aggregates’s land. These are pictured below.
For background please see the Canterbury to Chartham Riverside Route section of the Future Routes portion of our website.
Tags: Canterbury, Canterbury District, Canterbury riverside cycle route, Canterbury to Chartham riverside cycle route, Chartham, Construction, National Cycle Route 18
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Kent County Council and Kent Highway Services have put Shepway Cycling Plan out for public consultation. Shepway Cycle Forum have been campaigning for a cycling strategy for a number of years. We encourage you to make your representation to the plan.
Tags: Folkestone, Hawkinge, Hythe, Kent County Council, Kent Highway Services, National Cycle Route 2, Regional Cycle Route 17, Romney Marsh, Shepway, Shepway Cycle Forum, Shepway Cycling Plan
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Spokes are pleased to see that the Canterbury to Chartham riverside cycle route construction resumed at the Canterbury end. It is envisaged that the route will soon connect to Tonford Lane before continuing to the newly widened path beside Chartham village hall. Once complete this route will form part of National Cycle Route 18.
For background please see the Canterbury to Chartham Riverside Route section of the Future Routes portion of our website.
Tags: Canterbury, Canterbury District, Canterbury riverside cycle route, Canterbury to Chartham riverside cycle route, Chartham, Construction, National Cycle Route 18
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
We now have details of a new bridge over the river Stour that’ll link with the riverside cycle route that’s being developed beside Kingsbrook Park in Canterbury. For details please see the Kingsmead Bridge to Barton Mill page in the Future Routes section of our website.
Tags: Canterbury, Canterbury District, Canterbury riverside cycle route, Kingsbrook Park
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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The next steps for the extension of the Oyster Bay Trail cycle route between Whitstable and Reculver are now progressing. Spokes have just received confirmation that the No Cycling portions of the byelaws on some sections of the promenade have been confirmed to be removed from the byelaws on 14 July 2010, enabling the creation of the remainder of this route.
For more background on this route, please see the following pages in the Future Routes section of our website:
http://www.spokeseastkent.org.uk/future-routes/Oyster-Bay–Whitstable-Swalecliffe/index.php
Tags: Canterbury District, Herne Bay, Oyster Bay Trail, Reculver, Whitstable
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Spokes attended Canterbury City Council’s Development Control Committee meeting last night and were pleased to hear that some student accommodation at Parham Road got granted planning permission. Part of the development includes plans for a riverside cycling and walking route. This route, together with an existing section behind Sargeant’s Parade, and other sections soon to be delivered through to Kingsmead will enable cyclists and pedestrians a much safer and more pleasant route to and from the city centre. We look forward to seeing the St. Radigund’s Street to Kingsmead section developed now to extend the cycle route into the city centre itself. We’d also like to see the cycle route extended behind Asda.
For much more background on the overall riverside cycling and walking route within Canterbury please take a look at these pages from the Future Routes section of our website:
In addition to the riverside route the planning application will provide funding for the conversion of Mary Green Walk, on the opposite side of Sturry Road, to be converted to allow cycle access. This will create a much needed cycle route over to the Canterbury Christ Church University campus from the new student accommodation.
Tags: Canterbury, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury City Council, Canterbury District, Canterbury riverside cycle route, Mary Green Walk, Parham Road
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Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Spokes is pleased to hear that a new cycle path at Willesborough Dykes, Ashford has been granted planning permission. The route will link from near Ashford’s Asda to the Park Farm housing in the south. The original planning application included lighting, but the planning permission granted does not allow any lighting.
For background on this route, please see our Willesborough Dykes page in the Future Routes section of the Spokes website.
Tags: Ashford, Ashford Borough, Willesborough Dykes
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Spokes are pleased to see the new cycle facilities that are planned at Ashford’s Simone Weil Avenue Sainsbury’s. These include adjusting the car park layout to accommodate a cycle/foot path across the site to link up with the new M20 cycle/foot bridge that’s proposed. Also included are 36 new cycle parking spaces.