Aylestone Voice
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Well as I understand it the route is a public bridleway and the Council have the responsibility to keep it open for use. The only message that this prolonged closure sends out like in so many other areas is that the Council cannot be bothered. After all it is not really a major route for residents and tourists is it?
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OK I may be a bit biased!
Not delivered
Transport Hub at the Station - how difficult is it?
Not fixed the road to Fownhope
Not fixed the path by the Old Bridge
Still paying for scaffolding at Fryers Court - how many years now
Thousands paid out to consultants
Still no realistic prospect of the cycle lane in St Owens Street
Wasted money on cycle lanes in Commercial Road
Roads very poor - e.g. Folly Lane and and Eign Road
Effectively ripped up the Core Strategy
Still not building more houses by the Link Road
Blueschool Street/Newmarket Street still open to all vehicles - link road was meant to divert north=south traffic from them
Delivered
Please help with this!!
Am happy to be corrected on the above
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Frankly this to me shows how pathetic the HA is. For the time they took to block it up and put up the signs the same gang could have pumped the water out. They knew it was flooded so why did they not turn up with a pump?
Mind you notwithstanding it is the HA responsibility the Council/BBLP could have stepped in.
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Hooked!
Having said that I guess anybody who has mobility issues, a delivery or a heavy parcel would face the same issues they have now in High Town, Commercial Street and Eign Gate
(Oh Yes - totally bonkers thank you!!!!!)
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Oh! you are so right. Cyclists are demon lawbreakers.
Presumably it is only the (useless/pointless) cycle lane that allows cyclists to now travel along Commercial Road and that before it was marked up there was no danger to cyclists from drivers opening their car doors. IIRC the Highway Code requires drivers to check before they open their car doors onto the carriageway.
Yes there are cyclists who ignore the rules
But what about the car drivers who - park on double yellow lines, run red traffic lights, ignore no entry signs, exceed the speed limit and race around car parks.
What is needed in Commercial Road is a dedicated cycle lane with the car parking totally removed
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What an embarrassment. The gormless Council say we need extra wide pavements for social distancing. Firstly how many people do you see feeling they need to use this extra space? Secondly why if the space is need do you half block it up with planters? Thirdly a row of planters with just random shrubs that BBLP have lying about - I will put their survival rate at 20%
What an utter shambles
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2 hours ago, ragwert said:
The bike lane ends in the middle of three lanes then starts to be a ............... BUS lane
Seriously whoever thought that one up needs some sense slapped into them.And going towards Aylestone it just stops outside The Commercial. Now that might be handy for young Bobby47!
However both lanes seeing how they are laid out and go nowhere are hardly likely to encourage people to get on their bikes. I consider myself to be an experienced cyclist but tonight at 6.30 I felt no safer using the cycle lane than I have for years using that route. i.e. it is flipping dangerous!
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That danger is no different to how it has always been.
All this so called cycle lane does is attempt to reserve a space for cyclists where they would have been cycling anyway. So as a cyclist you are still at risk from the parked cars and have to hope that the vehicles passing you keep outside the lane - which in giving cyclists a 1 metre gap when passing they should be doing anyway
It is no change from before
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To be honest TWG why would you expect anything else??
As to them being"temporary measures" that is the classic Council excuse. To get around public complaints they will be able to say if it is all removed that they have listened and changed their mind.
Why do they not have a conversation with cyclists as to what could be provided - we want better facilities but also do not want motorists and others to blame us in any way. We all have to try to co-exist. And no we do not need any expensive consultants appointed to produce a plan which maybe in 5 years will be implemented.
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Being a time served cyclist I am very much in favour of better cycling provision. I am also used to coping with traffic.
One of the Council's changes is to introduce a cycle lane on Blueschool Street and Newmarket Street - this in principle is good as it is dodgy for cyclists along there.
But what happens for cyclists at the Tesco roundabout - Unless I have missed something - bugger all as far as I can see. So you have to take your chance and it is really quite dangerous.
Why have a cycle lane on Bridge Street when the Old Bridge is closed to vehicles
And as TWG pointed out elsewhere what about St Owens Street?
This is just poorly thought out
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Agreed. But if they are claiming the money back under the Bellwin Scheme then presumably they ramp it up to how much they think they can get away with. That said it still comes out of our pockets. And nobody is ever held to account for lack of maintenance which perhaps contributed to the issue in the first place
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So they are to buy back something they sold a few years ago
What does this actually mean "Council officers say the purchase would give them the opportunity to develop the site in line with their plans to grow the county’s economy".
Did they not read the article in the Times/Sunday Times a few weeks ago which reported that Council's up and down the country who had bought shopping centres had seen their investment plummet
But then I guess the Cabinet knows what is best for us
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Project will include: a cafe/sandwich bar; a community larder; affordable clothing outlet; meeting and counselling rooms with all profits going to ETHOS - reg. no. 1177809.
Will they be selling cigarettes?
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Probably got better things to do than answer silly questions
Covid19 - Public Footpaths - Common sense
In any event such a question should properly be addressed to the Council who are the responsible authority
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I was only slightly concerned about Covid19 but now as it seems that the Council is involved I am starting to panic!!!
Looking at their website it seems they are just parroting the advice of the government
Perhaps Karen can enlighten us as to what the Council are actually doing?
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It was one of a number of replacement trees in the area. The one outside the Freedom Church survives to date. The one outside KFC in Stonebow Road has also been vandalised
When trees were planted during the refurb of Commercial Street solid steel tree guards were included. Why those dumbos at the Council thought that these did not need similar protection is probably beyond the wit of all of us
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I do wonder if the Planning Committee really understood the scale of this monstrous building?
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Fuel Duty will raise £28billion in 2019/2020.
When we are all required to use electric vehicles where will the taxman get his money
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It is working fine over here
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Talking of easy wins. The development of the transport hub is now really just a joke. It has been talked about since the decision to build the link road. Just how long does it take to design a place where buses, taxis and cycles can interchange? You could almost design it on the back of the proverbial *** packet. Of course we are promised a public consultation on it but I cannot see any actual construction for a couple of years. It's just more money spent (loads for consultants) but no progress. And in the background is that once its built the bus station will be available for development.
It just shows the ineptitude at the heart of the Council - a lack of leadership and direction
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11 hours ago, megilleland said:
Back on my bike and cycling across the city. Newton Farm to Bodenham Road daily and surprised the roads are as bad as they are for cyclists. My list includes tree roots beginning to lift the surface of Great Western Way, Canonmoor Street (pitted road surface and nice pothole just before Edgar Street), Blackfriars Street from the traffic lights to Widemarsh Street (forcing you to cycle in the middle of the road to find a smooth surface), Canal Road (patchwork of repairs), Southbank Road leading into Bodenham Road (pitted and rough surface - a real boneshaker downhill on the return). I suppose no problem if you are on a BMX and running wide tyres.
How's your ride - nice and smooth?
That route is smooth when compared to Folly Lane especially on the downhill at speed.
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Ah! Politicians don't you just love them
Whether you want no bypass or one to the east or one to the west after decades what we want and expect is a decision
Countless studies and reports have been made so why do they need more
Instead of making a decision they fudge it.
What do you expect of gutless politicians?
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For some obscure reason there is not a bay at the hospital?
Cabinet agrees proposed budget and Council Tax for 2021/22.
in Open Forum
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It would be interesting to see the results of the public consultation and how those responses influenced the final decision.
As I commented in my own response I would not expect any notice at to be taken at all of what the public think