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BBC News
5 days ago
- Lifestyle
- BBC News
Jersey eastern cycle path won't be like west, minister says
It would be difficult for a cycle path in the east of the island to replicate the cycle tracks connecting western parishes to town, Jersey's Minister for Infrastructure has said.A recent freedom of information request revealed the States of Jersey has spent nearly £2.5m funding an Eastern Cycle Andy Jehan said recently this money has been spent on "steady improvements" to the Gorey part of the cycle path, including new said work on the Eastern Cycle Network was "progressing well" but acknowledged there was "more to do". 'Safe routes' Previous governments had hoped a cycle track would extend from the east of the island to the centre of the west of the island, there is an equivalent traffic-free path that travels along the south coast from St Aubin into St said the government was focusing on identifying safe routes for people to cycle on as part of an eastern cycle said: "In the longer term, when we look at the sea coast defences then we will be able to do something more substantial. "In the short term we are looking to find ways where we can encourage people to use quiet roads and lanes to get from A to B."He said the infrastructure department was currently working with Grouville and St Saviour's parish road committees to make it easier for people to get from Gorey to St Saviour's said it had also put up signs and made it easier to cycle on Maupertuis Lane. In the 2024 Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, 8% of people who responded said they cycled to work. This was a 2% increase from the year before. Aaron Lappage, who runs a bike shop in St Helier, said he doesn't think much work has been done on the eastern cycle route in said it was easier for commuters to get into town from the west of the island than those based in the should be more, quieter routes for cyclist cycling from the eastern parishes into St Helier, he also suggested that the two roads from St Helier to the east, La Route du Fort and the coast road, each be made one-way. One travelling into town, the other travelling out."We have too many car on the road and that's the thing," he said."In Europe, you get a lot of civil planning being done around the bicycle first. The car doesn't have that first priority, cycling and walking does - that's where you can make a safer network." Peter Hargreaves, a keen cyclist who lives in Grouville, said "not nearly enough" has been done on the Eastern Cycle said there was not enough space in the east of the island to create a separate cycle path, so the government should focus on connecting parish by-roads and also said speed limits on parish roads should be reduced to keep cyclists safe."The injury rate here on the roads is worse even than the UK, it's atrocious, it's appalling and it is unacceptable," he said."People are forced off the road by injuries from being cyclists."
BBC News
01-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- BBC News
Painted murals transform Hull Green Corridor project
A cycle path in Hull has been transformed by people living in the area who have created a series of murals and planted shrubs to attract Green Corridor project covers the Stepney Cycle Path which runs between Duesbery Street and the former Stepney Lane Station off Beverley murals portray the history of the former railway connection to Hornsea as well more abstract Ballard, part of the Berkeley Street Neighbourhood Watch group which has worked on the revamp, said: "The artists have done a great job and it's amazing to see it all come together so people can benefit from it." He added: "There was a lot of anti-social behaviour and it wasn't seen as a nice place to go. The project is about people taking control of the areas where they live. The cycle path was created on the former railway line which ran to the coast at Hornsea until it was closed following the Beeching Report in the Ballard said the murals were created after people reminisced about "travelling on trains through the area on the way to the seaside".Six different artists were tasked with creating the colourful installations. Funding from the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner was used to give training to younger artists to help with their creations. In addition to the murals, The Green Corridor scheme has supported the Hull Butterfly City project which has been running since 2019 to plant trees and shrubs to improve Ballard said: "Little things like putting in wild flowers and food plants are a simple way of improving habitats for wildlife."The fact we've been visible in picking up litter and trying to improve the area should make people feel more comfortable and make it a much nicer place to be." Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
19-05-2025
- General
- BBC News
Lewes District Council to launch air quality action plan
An action plan to improve air quality in an area of East Sussex is set to be adopted from the summer as a public consultation into the project comes to a District Council said improving air quality in its jurisdiction by 2029 was a "priority" and recently set out the five ways it hopes to achieve council said its Air Quality Action Plan aimed to deter people from driving private vehicles, promote transport alternatives, improve transport planning and infrastructure, provide increased public information, and improve traffic have until 17:00 BST on Friday to give their thoughts on the plans via an online survey. A spokesperson for the council said that based on the feedback it had received so far, the action plan was expected to be put in place later this year."We are grateful to all those who have contributed to the consultation on the draft Air Quality Action Plan," they said."Improving air quality is a priority for the council and the proposals in the consultation are designed to achieve this key objective over the next four years."Chief among the council's ambitions is a new cycle path which is estimated to cost between £1m and £10m, though according to the plan it has not yet secured plan states: "Various route options have been considered over the years but it has not been possible to identify a satisfactory route."The council said it would monitor progress each year in its Annual Status Reports and review the plan every five years.
