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.
The deadline for comments on the Ashford Cycling Strategy has been extended until 30th May 2010. For full details please see our previous blog post.
David Robert, the Sustrans Bike It officer for Ashford and Canterbury, has just published the Spring 2010 Bike It newsletter.
Kent County Council have just released a draft Ashford cycling strategy is now out for consultation. Proposals include:
Comments need to be received by 30th April 2010. Spokes will shortly be preparing a response.
A planning application for a cycling and walking path at Ashford’s Willesborough Dykes, running south from Asda towards Park Farm has been placed. Getting to Park Farm as a cyclist from central Ashford is currently quite indirect and this will help with providing a much more direct route. We recommend that you write in support of this application. Comments need to be received by 27th February at Ashford Borough Council.