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WSCC formally announce their decision to go ahead with the sub standard conversion of Westgate pavements into shared use cycle tracks

WSCC formally announce their decision to go ahead with the sub standard conversion of Westgate pavements into shared use cycle tracks

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On the 29th November 2021 WSCC formally announced the decision to convert sections of unsuitably narrow Westgate pavement into shared use cycle tracks, HT12 21/22. Details are also currently accessible directly from WSCC here. During the statutory consultation, which also involved a number of changes to the highway in other locations away from Westgate,  only five supportive comments were submitted and 30 objections were received which have been summarised in Appendix C to the report (this document also includes Comments…

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24th November FOI request to WSCC regarding conversion of Westgate and Sherbourne Road pavements into Cycle Tracks

24th November FOI request to WSCC regarding conversion of Westgate and Sherbourne Road pavements into Cycle Tracks

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Second Update WSCC replied to ChiCycle’s FOI request FOI/3119 ChiCycle’s original questions appear in black type. WSCC responses appear in blue type. ChyCycle comments regarding the responses are shown in red type. The biggest bombshell revelation is answer No 11! WSCC claim to have engaged with an organisation that disbanded 8 years ago. It is not clear how this would be possible without a time machine. Dear Mark Record, Our Ref: FOI/3119 On 24/11/2021 you made the following request for information,…

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Conversion of Westgate Pavements (footways) into Shared Use Cycletracks Freedom of Information Request to CDC

Conversion of Westgate Pavements (footways) into Shared Use Cycletracks Freedom of Information Request to CDC

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Update Laura Coombs emailed back almost immediately on behalf of CDC to explain it is WSCC who are responsible for these highway planning decisions. ChiCycle members find it frustrating that key elements of CDC planning agreements are delegated to WSCC highways but this is clearly no fault of Laura Coombs who kindly got back to us very quickly. Here response is as follows: Dear Mark Thank you for your email. Chichester District Council is not responsible for this, we believe…

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Conversion of Westgate Pavements (footways) into Shared Use Cycletracks Freedom of Information Request to WSCC

Conversion of Westgate Pavements (footways) into Shared Use Cycletracks Freedom of Information Request to WSCC

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In early August 2021 ChiCycle contacted local residents recommending opposition to conversion of Westgate pavements (footways) into shared use cycleways as this would likely severely disadvantage disabled and vulnerable pedestrians. Our web post on this issue is available here. ChiCycle are preparing the following Freedom of Information Request to WSCC Highways TRO Team, West Sussex County Council, The Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RH tro.consultation@westsussex.gov.uk Dear WSCC TRO Team, ChiCycle are presenting the following Freedom of Information Request to WSCC…

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European Cyclist Federation as part of Cop26 to Encourage and campaign for cycling to be included as an Essential Part of Challenging Climate Change

European Cyclist Federation as part of Cop26 to Encourage and campaign for cycling to be included as an Essential Part of Challenging Climate Change

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Sussex cycling campaigner James Thomas has just highlighted to ChiCycle that the European Cyclist Federation are voicing that enabling cycling is an essential part of tackling climate change at the COP26.   We will give more details on this page soon but for the time being details of their campaign are available on the following link. https://www.ecf.com/ecf-goes-cop26 The ECF report is as follows…. ECF goes to COP26 8-12 November 2021 Glasgow The world needs much more cycling if we are…

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