Notes from our July 2015 meeting

We were back in Sutton, and at the Cock and Bull, on 27 July for our fourth meeting of the year. Just nine of us this time but, as it was only a few days after Sutton Council’s Cycle Summit,

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Preparing for a tour of Rosehill with Cllr Manuel Abellan

At the Cycle Summit on 23 July 2015, St Helier resident and keen cyclist John Courtman, asked newly appointed Cycling Champion Cllr Manuel Abellan if he would care to join him on a ride around Rosehill. Manuel said yes, and

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Green Wrythe Lane off-road cycle facility – next stage announced

The excitement that followed the Space for Cycling petition handover to the Leader of the Council towards the end of July, complete with the declaration that the political will is there and that all that was now required was action, has

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“Sutton is a pro-cycling borough”

Sutton Council held a cycle summit at the end of July to launch its draft cycling policy. At the meeting we were told several times that Sutton is – and apparently has been for decades – a pro-cycling borough. This

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Wandle Trail Worry

This is the Wandle Trail for cyclists near Corbet Close/ Hackbridge Road in Hackbridge. The blocks of flats behind the new green fence on the right are being redeveloped and the contractors have recently put up this fence that extends

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Space for Cycling petition presented to the Leader of the Council

The political will is there, now we need action! The political will is there, now we need action! This was the message from the Leader of Sutton Council, Ruth Dombey, when we presented our Space for Cycling petition on 23

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Sutton’s draft Cycling Delivery Strategy published

Sutton Council has launched a consultation on their draft Cycling Delivery Strategy. A copy of the draft strategy and a questionnaire are available from the council’s website at the Sutton Consultation Hub. The publication of the draft strategy, on 21 July, has

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Sutton Cycle Summit 2014

Sutton’s first Cycle Summit, hosted by Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington, took place on 22 January 2014. Caroline Pidgeon (Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group and Chair of the London Assembly’s Transport Committee), spoke at the

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Sutton’s Cycling Delivery Strategy consultation workshop announced

Sutton Council has been announced that the draft Cycling Delivery Strategy for the borough will be open to consultation between 17 July and 7 September 2015. In support of this, and in order to consult as widely as possible, a

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Notes from our June 2015 meeting

Our June meeting, our first formal meeting since March, was a little different. In fact, it was probably ‘a first’ when it comes to LCC borough group meetings because, unusually, it did not take place in the home borough but

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