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Railway 200
Railway 200 is a year-long nationwide campaign to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway. As part of Railway 200, Spokes has organised three local rides to explore aspects of North East Kent's railway history.
Sunday 4 May, meet Canterbury West Station, 10.30
A fourteen mile ride from Canterbury to Whitstable and back to explore the Crab & Winkle Way and parts of the railway joining the town and city.
Sunday 6 July A ride to explore Canterbury's railway heritage - details tbc
Sunday 3 August Cycle Ride, Whitstable - Herne Bay - details tbc

Spokes 2025 AGM
Spokes AGM was held on 14 April - minutes of the meeting are available.
If you have any comments or questions about the meeting, please contact us ([email protected]).

NCR2 closure at Dover
Part of National Cycle Route 2 (NCR2) is closed until mid-November. The closure is at Union Street in Dover and there is no diversion in place other than walking for quarter of a mile along the pavement of the A2 or cycling along the A2 dual carriageway and mixing it with trucks going to the pool. This is totally unsatisfactory and Spokes are working with Sustrans and Kent County Council to resolve this.

Consultations
Crab and Winkle extension
Canterbury City Council in partnership with The Crab and Winkle Line Trust will be holding an exhibition of updated plans for constructing the path along the embankment between Clare Road and Station Road in Whitstable, including plans for new bridges over Teynham Road and Old Bridge Road. The Exhibition is at St Peter’s Hall, 154 Cromwell Road, Whitstable on Saturday 21 September between 11am and 5pm.
Striking the balance
Striking the balance is the title given to Kent County Council's (KCC) draft Local Transport Plan. The final plan will replace the current plan which was adopted in 2017. KCC claim the plan '.. is ambitious but achievable in its aims to improve all types of journey'. To misquote Mandy Rice-Davies, they would say that wouldn't they. The plan is out for consultation until 8 October 2024 - you can find it at www.kent.gov.uk/ltp5. We'll let you know about any Spokes responses and comments through Update.
National Highways and Transport Survey
Councils across the UK - including KCC - are asking residents to tell them what they think of transport and highways services in their area. There are six independent surveys covering:

accessibility
highways maintenance
public transport
road safety
tackling congestion
walking and cycling

Each survey will only take a few minutes to complete and you don't have to do all of them. The consultation can be found at https://letstalk.kent.gov.uk/nht-survey-2024-25 and runs until 28 February 2025.

Sales
From time to time, Spokes members have bikes and other cycling bits and pieces to sell or giveaway. These are listed on the website Sales page.
Items for sale/giveaway at the moment are:

Raleigh Captus low step electric bike
Grey Raleigh Pioneer 2

Spokes objectives

To encourage cycling and publicise its benefits for the community and for individuals.
To ensure that local authority and government policies actively encourage cycling and make full provision for it as part of an overall transport strategy.

This is to ensure that all members of the public can enjoy cheap, safe and environmentally-sound travel for work and leisure.

If you support our objectives, why not join us?

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