Cycle Paths

Makes you wonder why it costs so much. Where does it go - Lands End to John o Groats?

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So the streets are paved with gold then.

The local council are to create a footpath into a cycle path / footpath at a cost of £ 310,000 . Just hope the cyclists use it ?

Cycle Path just finished , final price for one km, £300,000 my thoughts above.

Actually I find the main problem with cycle paths is that they are designed by people who don't ride cycles and have no idea how they work.  They often cause more danger for all road users than cycles would have staying on the road!  A lot of them are placed in positions where the Highway Code explicitly says it's not safe to cross the road (near to a junction or roundabout) or 'feed' cycles back onto the road where it isn't appropriate or safe.  One near me would have cycles having to 'stop and dismount' every 50 metres, when staying on the road they can continue and have the right of way.  Oddly I've never seen a junction where drivers are told to get out and push their cars round the corner?

£300k for one km of cycle path just demonstrates the stupidity and profligacy of council staff and councillors.

I would never use a cycle path, because I have a road bike. It has very narrow tyres that are easily punctured, so why would I want to ride on a litter and broken glass strewn, overgrown path at the side of the road?

ian, it would be better if local councils spent £300k tidying up said paths....most are a disgrace and an embarrassment...

one such path recently in Hampshire where OH and i were cycling, had undergrowth forcing the bikes into the middle of the path....OH was concentrating on keeping a 'good line' and went, full tilt into an unmarked wooden 8" square post, which should have been in the centre, dividing the two carriageways, but, in fact, was right in the centre of where we were being forced to cycle.....

i was in front, and came round the corner to see this obstruction dead ahead, swerved around it and shouted a warning, but too late...

she ended in a heap with bike on top....dead lucky not to have broken something or severly damaged her bike...

a lovely lady came out and asked if we needed an ambulance, but luckily she was badly shaken but uninjured....

this was a path leading from one part of Highcliffe to another, so via a housing estate....

pretty well most of the urban cycle ways where we live are just the same....whats the point in spending good money on a decent path and then allowing it to decay so badly that riders feel safer in the road with other traffic?

I use cycle paths where possible and most certainly avoid main roads, But I cheat by using pavements on occasions too. Many pavements seem to have been created in a era when children weren't driven to school and pedestrians were commonplace. Usage had evolved since then, which gives rise to the possibility of allowing bicycles on underused pavements, subject to appropriate care, consideration and speed restraint.

£300k for one km of cycle path just demonstrates the stupidity and profligacy of council staff and councillors.

I would never use a cycle path, because I have a road bike. It has very narrow tyres that are easily punctured, so why would I want to ride on a litter and broken glass strewn, overgrown path at the side of the road?

Ian,  you could  always  grab  by  the  neck,  your  local,  friendly,  door knocking  councillors  come  election  time and  force  them,  barefooted,  to  walk  the  walk   as  well  as  talking  the  talk .  { please  forgive  the  horrible  jargon   }

If  nothing  else  the  ensuing  court case  would  give  your  point  of  view  loads  of  publicity  !

Sorry Lycra Men, but I think this kind of money Should be spent elsewhere. I cannot see that these paths are used , especially where I live.

Sorry Lycra Men, but I think this kind of money Should be spent elsewhere. I cannot see that these paths are used , especially where I live.

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Is it necessary to be pointlessly rude? Lycra isn't my choice of attire either, but it's sensible for keen/ long distance cycling. You have criticised the cost of cycle paths at £300/ running metre but you haven't told us where you'd like the money spent instead. At Specsavers perhaps, to remedy myopia over the use of healthier forms of local transport than cars.

Sorry Lycra Men, but I think this kind of money Should be spent elsewhere. I cannot see that these paths are used , especially where I live.

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Is it necessary to be pointlessly rude? Lycra isn't my choice of attire either, but it's sensible for keen/ long distance cycling. You have criticised the cost of cycle paths at £300/ running metre but you haven't told us where you'd like the money spent instead. At Specsavers perhaps, to remedy myopia over the use of healthier forms of local transport than cars.

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sorry if I have upset you Jenny, but it makes my blood boil when the cycle paths which obviously cost a lot of money are not used. Surely some cycle association must have pressured for them because councils don't just spend on their own accord. As for the Lycra this , where I live seems to now be the norm and I was addressing the cyclists that could use the path on my post. The money could be used to fill potholes and fix general road repairs. So please accept my apologies once again.