Today (11 March 2020), Chancellor Rishi Sunak “unveiled a £30bn package to boost the economy and get the country through the coronavirus outbreak” (Budget 2020: Chancellor pumps billions into economy to combat coronavirus – bbc.co.uk). Everything you need to know about…
Continuing the trend that was set in the post January 2020 in review, here is a round-up of a selection of our online tweets, along with some headlines from our offline correspondence, during the month of February 2020 – a…
The prospect of Sutton’s first Cycleway receiving funding has taken a step up. Last week (25 February 2020) saw the launch of an informal public consultation, with a focus on measures to improve facilities in the neighbourhoods around the proposed…
Sutton Council officers wrote to Get Sutton Cycling, and other stakeholders, on 19 February 2020 with the very welcome news that Transport for London had agreed to fund a link between the proposed Sutton to Morden/Colliers Wood Cycleway and St. Helier…
1: Overview The fourth Sutton Cycle Forum of 2019 (and the sixteenth since the borough’s Cycling Strategy was approved in November 2015, and subsequently published in February 2016) took place on 18 December 2019 at the offices of Sutton Council, Denmark…
This post was originally published as ‘Our tweets in January 2020’ on 9 February 2020, and subsequently renamed ‘January 2020 in review’ on 18 February 2020. This is the first of what is hoped will become a regular digest of…
On 23 December 2019 we received comments from Sutton Council officers in reply to our response to the ‘Cycleway between Sutton High Street and Colliers Wood – proposals in the St Helier area’ informal consultation (submitted 3 November 2019). The officers…
This article was originally published on 29 January 2020, but was then removed the following day when council officers advised that they were not sure whether TfL wanted the plans for the cycle parking expansion in the borough to be…
At the forthcoming General Election, to be held on 12 December 2019, candidates representing the Conservative Party, Green Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrat Party are seeking election in the two parliamentary constituencies within the London Borough of Sutton –…
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Looking back at 2019 and looking forward to 2020
The start of a new year is a good time to reflect, take stock and look forward. So here is a brief look back at some of the cycling issues and successes of 2019 in the borough, and some thoughts…