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Thursday, 27 April 2017
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- Aberdeen cycle path's £200,000 repair work questionedAn investigation begins after Aberdeen City Council admits £200,000 of repairs were ordered to a cycle path without proper approval.
The Guardian
- The government just announced a gamechanger for cycling in England – Sam JonesThe new cycling and walking investment strategy is the first legislation of its kind to legally bind the government to long-term funding for cycling and walking provisionUnless you’re an avid transport campaigner, it’s likely that among the rush of government announcements made last week, you will have missed one very important one: the publication of the cycling and walking investment strategy (CWIS),The government’s intention to launch a CWIS was first announced in January 2015. It took more than two years, but we now have the first legislation of its kind in England to bind the government w...
Reading Evening Post
- Part of the Thames Path in Reading could become an official cycle route Walkers would share Thames-side path with cyclists
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