The well known line from starving Oliver Twist, “Please, sir, I want some more” came to mind as I fired off yet another email to the elected councillors and council employees responsible for the design of the cycleway along Weyhill Road in Andover. The council state (my emphasis added): “The proposed scheme will implement a range of improvements…
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Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
Weyhill Cycleway Approved Without Dutch Quality
by AndrewRH • • 0 Comments
It has come to this: the cycleway proposal for Weyhill Road in Andover was approved yesterday by the roads authority, Hampshire County Council, specifically Councillor Seán Woodward, the Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment. The works are proposed to start in September, with completion just before Christmas. The council’s stated aim of the now approved £230,000…
Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
Will Woodward Workout Weyhill’s Wrongs?
by AndrewRH • • 1 Comment
I have been trying my darnedest to convince Hampshire County Council and Test Valley Borough Council that their proposal for a cycleway – a single bidirectional shared path for people cycling and walking – along Weyhill Road in Andover is not of sufficient quality (to put it politely). I made two different proposals – both…
Critiques, Get Britain Cycling, Government
A pilot project to make a Hampshire town more liveable
by AndrewRH • • 3 Comments
A couple weeks ago, I said that the proposed shared space cycleway for Weyhill Road in Andover was a Box-ticking Bodge Boondoggle. The Test Valley Borough Council and Hampshire County Council have received some money and are itching to spend it in order to say that they’ve “done something” for cycling. There is one tiny flaw in…