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News items from Cycle Hayling

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Kids

Cars have brought wonderful freedoms to our society. But they’ve also taken away a lot of freedoms from our kids. And we notice it at the school entrances, especially outside the Mill Rythe schools, which are in Hampshire’s Top 10 most car congested. There have already been near-accidents there 😳. Children are already frightened, and that means they’re losing the freedoms most of us grew up with and took for granted.   Continue reading “Kids”

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What sort of Hayling Billy Trail do we want?

Cycle Hayling asked Cycle Hayling supporters and general Facebook users what sort of Hayling Billy Trail they wanted, particularly the surface. You can see the results below.

But first, here’s why we’ve always pushed for a natural skid-proof stone chip surface like the Langstone section, because in wet or icy weather smooth tarmac becomes an ice rink, whereas stone chips reduce skid risk, spray and muck. But also to make it less road like and more natural, and more acceptable to walkers and others, from their Facebook comments.

And it looks like it may have worked, as Hampshire now say they’ll be back in May ‘to complete the surface dressing once the weather is a bit warmer’! Continue reading “What sort of Hayling Billy Trail do we want?”

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Funding cuts

At last, we have a £700,000 plan to restore the Billy Trail to it’s full destiny, but that’s only the first stretch. We will need much more to finish the job.

But this disastrous government has suddenly slashed active travel funding by two-thirds with no warning, against all their strategies for active travel and health. How can councils plan like that? Continue reading “Funding cuts”