Issues
This section lists issues - problems on the street network and related matters.
Issues always relate to some geographical location, whether very local or perhaps city-wide.
You can create a new issue using the button on the right.
Listed issues, most recent first, limited to the area of Cyclenation:
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Cambridge Retail Park redevelopment
Railpen are consulting on changes to the Retail Park on Newmarket Road
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DNA Cycle Path - Biomedical Campus to Shelford
Anything to do with the DNA path - lighting, vegetation, obstructions
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Fallen Tree - At head height
Fallen Tree at head height - reported to Kent County Council - Fault Number 240650775
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Foliage cutback - Fordwich Way
Recent FOI confirmed that foliage cutback should occur in ‘Bi-annually’ on the Fordwich Way route in May and September every year. No foliage cutback has taken place on the Fordwich Way in May. The whole path is slowly becoming overgrown and will need cutting back as per Kent County Councils own internal documents. The whole route needs foliage clearance - Fault No. 811012
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24/01905/FUL Sidney St and Hobson St - office space, demolition of cinema
Creation of additional storey above existing single storey (middle) part of the site and redevelopment of rear part of the site comprising: demolition of existing building and structures and creation of five storey office building.
16 - 17 Sidney Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3HG
Cambridge
Application reference : 24/01905/FUL
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Driving on Mere Way
On a recent ride up The Mere Way I noticed that the wooden pillar had been removed and that cars were being driven on the route .
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Better cycle parking at Canterbury Asda
The cycle parking at Canterbury's Asda is conveniently located for the shop entrance, but doesn't properly secure or support bicycles. Hence parts of bicycles go missing and cyclists choose to secure to other street furniture.
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Cycle parking at Longmarket
Cycle parking provision at Longmarket needs to be improved. The are insufficient stands at Rose Lane, leading to cyclists using other street furniture, such as pictured.
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24/00889/FUL Clarendon House
Partial demolition, alterations and extensions to Clarendon House, new ramped vehicular access, delivery bay, cycle access and parking, etc etc
Quite a lot of cycle parking, and some reduced car parking, in the basement. Cycle and car movements cross with potential visibility issues.
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24/00922/FUL Erection of seven dwellings, with access, car and cycle parking
Erection of seven residential dwellings along with access, car and cycle parking, landscaping and associated infrastructure works following demolition of existing buildings.
195 Perne Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3NT
Cambridge
Application reference : 24/00922/FUL
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Quy Mill Planning Application 24/00688/LBC
Planning application not addressing cycling issues credibly.
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Sidgwick Avenue: General condition and future
Poor surfacing of the road with potholes, cracks and very limited space for pedestrians
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Milton Road Residents Parking
Cambridgeshire County Council is publishing this proposal on 18th March 2024.
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Stapleford and Great Shelford Neighbourhood Plan
New thread to discuss proposals.
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Darwin Green trees
The cycle lanes on this road have trees growing over them with many branches at eye height (as demonstrated by my glamorous assistant).
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23/04289/FUL Construction of new science park building
Demolition of existing buildings and structures, and erection of building (Class E(g)i/ii) with associated access, site infrastructure, landscaping and car and cycle parking provision.
Brookmount Court Kirkwood Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2QH
Cambridge
Application reference : 23/04289/FUL
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24/00166/OUT Construction of a new business/science park
Outline planning application for demolition of existing buildings and construction of a new business/science park (Use Class E(g)) and ancillary "hub" building (Use Class E(b)(d)(f)) and associated car parking and landscaping.
Sawston Park London Road Pampisford Cambridgeshire CB22 3EE
South Cambridgeshire
Application reference : 24/00166/OUT
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Fen Ditton village cycle path resurfaced with very uneven finnish .
Very uneven surface on cycle path between Fen Ditton village and Horningsea .
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24/00384/FUL Change of layout to existing customer car park.
Change of layout to existing customer car park.
Land At Cambridge Retail Park Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8WR
Cambridge
Application reference : 24/00384/FUL
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22/04976/CONDB (Cycle parking)
Submission of details required by condition 10 ( hard and soft landscape works) and 11 (Cycle parking) of planning permission 22/04976/FUL
26 Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9JZ
Cambridge
Application reference : 22/04976/CONDB
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23/03273/FUL and 23/03273/COND7 east of NMR P&R
Don't know why we didn't see 23/03273/FUL (decided, with conditions) but there is now 23/03273/COND7 re staff cycle parking to consider.
Full:
Cond7:
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Fallen Tree CC24 - Fordwich Way
Fault Number: 779265
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Fallen Tree Fordwich Way
Fault Number: 779261
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Missing dropped kerb at northern end of Legacy Park cycle path
There isn't a dropped kerb at the northern end of the Legacy Park cycle path where it meets Chaucer Road. Therefore cyclists can't easily transition between the cycle path and the road here.
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Bike Parking in Leopold Square, Aagrah Restaurant
There is a bike rack outside Leopold Square. But it was full when I arrived there at 3pm on Thursday 6 Sept 2012. So I locked my bike to the railings outside the Aagrah Restaurant on Leopold Square. When I came back to it (after a lovely afternoon tea in the Leopold Hotel) someone had locked another bike to it. After frantic asking around everyone I could see in the square (embarrassing!), I found that the manager of Aagrah had done it. He was most unpleasant about it, saying (I believe correctly) that it is private property and that I could not park a bike there. There was no notice anywhere requesting bike users not to do so.
I gather that the issue has been taken up with the management - so if whomever did this on my behalf would like to comment, I'd be grateful.
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St. Mark's Road to Holloway cut-through
This shortcut is technically pedestrians-only, but forms a useful link from the environs of Bath Spa station (Widcombe) to Holloway, a dead-end for motor vehicles and therefore a quiet, if steep, climb to Bear Flat, Wellsway and beyond.
Dropped kerbs, barrier/chicane removal etc. would make this route usable by parents with cycle trailers, people on cargobikes and the like.
It was slated as a piece of work to be done by Bath & NE Somerset, but there's been no news lately.
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Healthy Hospitals need to consider Cyclists
The UHCW NHS Trust has applied for planning permission for a new access roads and multistorey car parks, under a plan drawn up by leading global engineering firm Arup.
Please ask them to go back to the drawing board and come up with something better.
The planning application details are here:
http://planning.coventry.gov.uk/portal/servlets/ApplicationSearchServlet?PKID=744613
Please state that you OBJECT to the current proposals as they don't give any consideration to encouraging more cycling (or walking).
The trust are open to discussion via twitter (@NHSUHCW), but the council need to be asked to bring this matter to the committee (currently it is just classed as deferred, which means officers decide themselves).
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Poor quality NCN1 on entering Ipswich from the South
This section of the flagship National Cycle Network Route 1 on entering Ipswich is of particularly poor quality. There are nettles, brambles and other bushes overgrowning the very rough and narrow path. Is this really the quality of cycling that we want to show to Dutch cyclists coming over from the Netherlands who would have expected there to be a tarmaced cycle path that's a couple of metres wide. There is space to here to place a good surface.
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Arena Park Restaurants
As freeholders of the site, Tesco have applied for planning permission for two new restaurants between the roundabout shown and the railway tracks / A444 (above the dual carriageway).
Two core issues:
1) This is an extremely dangerous, uncontrolled crossing - traffic leaves the A444 at 50mph, and is still 30 as it reaches the roundabout. As the map shows, there are Belisha crossings both north and south of this roundabout, so why not to the west, where traffic is still fast and undivided?
2) Cycle parking on the rest of the site is still grossly inadequate. 18 cycle parking spaces are proposed with the restaurant - the same number as the rest of the site combined - although these are actually all in one place at the south of the site.
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No bike parking outside post office
There's no bike parking outside of the parade of shops at the top end of Leigham Vale. The only options are the railings on the railway side of the road, or the handrail outside the post office.
There's plenty of space outside the front of the shops, and it would be good to have some near the garden centre.
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Trans-Pennine Trail Access at Urmston near Manchester
Near Cob Kiln Lane commuter route to Urmston Rail Station Cyclists and pedestrians are supposed to use this kissing gate. The dwell space is far too small and very muddy. There is a horse stile as well which is equally muddy - this is a major access route to the Trans-Pennine Trail
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Busway cycleway flooded
The busway cycleway is sometimes flooded in this section.
The County Council need to address this.
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12/0968/FUL Installation of one bike stand
The installation of one stand in the boundary of M&S facing Market Hill Square.
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Rat-running behind Virgin Gym
The Virgin Gym trade entrance is being used by drivers as a shortcut.
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No cycle parking in Buxton
Other than two sheffield stands in the train station there is no secure cycle parking available in Buxton. This is discouraging people from travelling to this tourist hotspot by bike.
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Cambidge University Press Site (redevelopment)
Proposals are coming forward for the redevelopment of part of the Cambridge University Pres Site as a single location for Cambridge Assessment. Some public engagement will apparently start in November
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Stonecross Junction redesign
The Stonecross/Avenue road junction is to be redesigned. It is rounoured there may be a ban on bikes turning right from Stonecross onto Avenue road, which makes bike journeys W-E using Avenue road difficult. It would be better to redesign the junction to allow bikes through since many people will continue to ride/use the pavement as this is a desire line route.
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Bermondsey St rat run
Bermondsey St is being used as a rat run not just along its length but also across at Tanner St. Through traffic should use the A100, Tooley St or Borough High St.
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Off road route to redbourn
Traffic on the redbourn road is often fast and uncomfortable for novice/nervouse riders. The footpath running along Redbourn road sees few walkers and appears suitable for a conversion to a bike route. This is being progresses through the Herts Cycle Forum
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Conversion of footpath to bridleway Heartwood Forest
Footpath 32 is to be converted to be a bridleway. The footpath runs at the edge of a field parallel to the Wheathampstead road from the Hertswood Forest car park entrance to Nomansland. It will have a garpack surface for cycling/walking and a larger strip of grass for horse riding.
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No cycling area on Causeway route
The King Harry lane end of the Causeway route is currently a no cycling area, making the route less effective and dangerous since many people will cycle this part of the route regardless.
Action is required by HCC/SADC to plan and install a bridge and change the route to allow the full length to be used.
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Narrow route through Verulamium park towards the museum needs widening to 3 metre width
The route through Verulamium Park towards the museum was built to substandard width. There is a considerable risk that this will cause conflict between walkers and cyclists.
Route widening is not due until the Green Ring is built in 2015.
STACC will campaign for widening of the route to begin as as soon as possible since we see no need to delay waiting for the Green Ring.
Resurfacing of the Alban Way begins in September 2013- this project draws upon Green Ring funding so why can't Green Ring funding be deployed now to widen the Ver Park route?
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Marshall Road shared use path
Upgrading the narrow footpath into a wider route usable by cyclists has been a long term priority for the Godalming Cycle Campaign. This route is a key link for pedestrians and cyclists between Farncombe/Binscombe and Godalming.
This year the Waverley Local Committee has dedicated funds to construct the path, which will run over land currently owned by Jewsons.
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18-19 Regent Terrace planning applications 11/1375/FUL & 11/1376/CAC
11 flats replacing existing building
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Coombe Lane Flyover A238
Coombe Lane West heading towards Raynes Park: There is a long downhill slope which has new potholes appearing frequently which after a long while are filled with blobs of tarmac creating equally dangerous lumps. Grit fallen from HGVs and parked cars narrowing the lane make this a very risky road to cycle along at speed. A cyclist needs to slow down to be prepared to manoeuvre these hazards which puts them into conflict with motorised traffic behind them who wish to pass but lack the room. This is especially true when cycling uphill over the flyover (in either direction).
There is a short piece of cycle lane only at the base of the hill which does not continue over the flyover and leaves slower cyclists to mix in with the much faster flow of motorised traffic.
The result is frequent close passes unless you cycle in a primary position which invites further conflict (tailgating and intimidation) from impatient motorists.
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Ring Fort Path
There is a need for a link between the A14 Histon interchange with Ring Fort Path in Orchard Park.
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Route obstructed at Lammas Land
The link from Barton Road to the Lammas Land car park (and the car park itself) have been closed to all use by the County Council for some development work. This is a buisy cycle route, and no effort has been put into providing a diversion. Currently most people are cycling across the grass behind the hedge beside the road (though how long this will remain possible if it rains is unclear); an alternative is to use other paths across Lammas Land, but they are narrow, not actually marked for cycling, and it's further.
According to a notice at the junction with Barton Road this work will continue to the start of December. There was and is no warning when approaching from east of the river.
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Visibility at Perne Road / Cherry Hinton Road junction
It is intimidating to use this roundabout because of the high shrubbery in the middle. It is supposed to slow traffic down but my subjective feeling is that it doesn't
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Jenning Road - Lemsford Road bridge link
The link is scheduled to be closed for water main installation for six weeks from 30 September.
Nearest alternative ways to cross the railway line are Sandpit Lane (busy road with splitter islands!) or bridge link to York Road (nice and quiet but steps to bridge)