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I'd like to see this 2 million Hfd Council are going to get from Govt  used to install proper cycle lanes & not this facical attempt at doing so by painting silly white lines.
Apart from the dangerous lane dividing and 20ft long bus lane on the other side of Commercial Road the pic below to me is an attempt to have as many cyclists as possible hit and maimed by oncoming vehicles.

Well there is only 17.4 weeks till Christmas 

18 hours ago, H.Wilson said:

Think you're being a little hard on the local council when these directives came from London. Damned if they do and damed if they don't. 

Look at the massive overspend and unacceptable money that went on the Blue School St fiasco and the road to nowhere ! That was the previous administration, nobody is giving any of this a chance, at least this council are listening and making changes 

Yep, 2 million was taking the P......I don't get the road to nowhere,please elabotate.

About time this area was enhanced to attract more families & better use of the River Wye.
Would be nice to see the paddling pool opened again too.

2 hours ago, twowheelsgood said:

Just the latest in a seemingly endless stream of sites that have been trumpeted, but absolutely no action. £15m handed over so far and really not much to show for it, except the 14 bed Miller Court (guide price £1.85m).

G and D are part of Jewsons, but the restricted Canal Road access is ridiculous for what is a distribution centre for heavy building goods. They both should have been encouraged to the edge of town.

Have a clearer picture on this today with a comment that they are actually taking over part of Jewsons yard.
Also heard a local family are about to submit a planning app for the empty Prezzo unit on the old market and a rumour of Beefy Boys taking an interst in Franky & Bennys.

Nothing surprises me with any of our Councillors after hearing one of them complaining she had to take time out from her holiday to be part of the emergency meeting a few weeks back.

Does he not mean Commercial Road?

Meanwhile in Commercial  Road

Meanwhile in Commercial Rd .....

Not much info on this.
Plans for new Uni student accommodation have been drawn up that will see Gibbs & Dandy in Widemarsh St relocate near to Jewsons with their old business premises used to build Uni student accommodation.
 

6 hours ago, twowheelsgood said:

The money isn't coming from Bellwin because it didn't flood and it's not coming from Government because Mr Wiggin didn't follow through on his promise. It's coming directly from our pockets. I looked at the site last week - it's all tarmaced and finished but the road is still closed because there are now ground investigation works 100m up the road - get's what's coming next ...

They found some serious cracks in two walls after being inspected.Both walls are being taken down and rebuilt.....Probably at a cost of a million knowing BBLP.
 

Unless Debenhams goes under the store in Hereford will stay open until their already paid for long lease runs out.

On 11/08/2020 at 17:04, Hereford Voice said:

The Prime Minister arrived in Hereford early this morning at Hereford County Hospital and said he can see how extra funding is helping them build new wards and prepare for winter as the government pledges an additional funding of £300m for NHS England.

The PM also gave his approval of Herefordshire Council temporary traffic scheme making the city safer for both pedestrians and cyclists and has made additional funding of up to £2 million available in order to support the scheme. 

Mr Johnson also supports a much needed bypass for the city.

His words were something like you have no infrastructure to grow,you need a by pass.

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.

Who was the Councillor at the meeting who was more intrested in geting back to the beach on holiday than debating inportant matters?

I'm close to this retail park and heard them last night so they are possibly the same group from few nights ago that were in the Lesiure Centre car park around midnight doing doughnuts.

I'm waiting till the weekend when most not all of these cones and their accompanying signs will more than likely end up in the river Wye.

Just to show the width of the path down here to show it does not need one lane being turned into a cycle lane.
The problem here if reduced to one lane will be traffic backing up around the roundabout causing huge tailbacks.If they do go ahead with this then the traffic lights on the roundabout will need to be switched off but I think its a safe bet this won't go ahead judging by the massive backlash with the Bridge St fiasco.

7 hours ago, Aylestone Voice said:

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

 

 

Keen cyclist here too AV.Don't you think the path alongside the Old Market is big enough for a cycle lane anyway.
I'm all for cycle lanes and safer roads for pedestrians but the utter shambles in Bridge St & Broad St is just appalling.No thought gone into any part of it and no consultation with local businesses.It's quite simply a rush job.

On 15/07/2020 at 17:35, Irena Sulecka said:

A lot of this does not make sense to me. Local retailers will loose out here and making the old bridge one way if just ridiculous 

Its not one way Irena its no way unless you have a bike.

I was in Andrew Morris est agents today.To say the local businesses around there are angry is an understatement.
Businesses are going to go under if the Council keep up this madness.
 

Herefordshire Council have been granted permission by Highways England to trial the turning off of the lights on Belmont Island.

On 09/07/2020 at 23:09, Glenda Powell said:

I said at the time that I felt the bull should of been put into the OLD MARKET  shopping area, as it represents the cattle market and I still feel the same. I am surprised it still in High Town over the years it was been climbed on by adults  at one time it had red paint poured over it.

It was put in High Town way before the Old Market was built Glenda & I also remenber you saying it looked like a Spanish Bull too 

Jeez..Back to paying 50p to park and get my Sausage rolls n Belgium bun from town

Could this be part of the plan to turn the lights off as the junction across the road to St Martins St is the only part that could be an issue with no traffic control.

On 26/06/2020 at 09:43, Hereford Voice said:

We do not publish national news articles very often and would prefer to keep our network for Herefordshire however, because of all the hard work already done in trying to contain the virus and the dedication from the NHS and other key workers, we felt compelled to post this article because if people continue to ignore the guidelines we may end up with a second wave.

We have all seen the pictures of thousands of people flocking to the beaches this week across the UK during this period of hot weather. Bournemouth beach was a classic example and a major incident was declared yesterday after thousands ignored health advice, with widespread anti-social behaviour, gridlocked roads and huge crowds on the hottest day of the year.

Bournemouth East MP Tobias Elwood said 500,000 visitors were in Dorset yesterday – almost as many people as living in the county.

Maybe Bournemouth council should take some responsibility here for not putting social distancing measures in place...But people should equally be responsible for their own actions.

This was Bournemouth Beach yesterday

Photo courtesy of The Telegraph - Bournemouth Beach

We should look at other countries to see how they are creating safer beach environments for the public. 

This is a brilliant example of how they should apply social distancing at Jesolo Beach in Italy

Photo courtesy os Skyline Webcams - Jesolo Beach Italy

View the LIVE Jesolo Beach webcam here

It can't be that difficult surely.. your thoughts?

 

Fake news about Jesolo beach.It's always been like this way before Covid 19 pandemic.