On Monday evening at the City Development Committee Meeting councillors considered a report entitled, 'Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets (CWSS) Projects Commencing 2010-2011. (Item two on the Agenda) The report details the allocation of £249,000 to a variety of programmes including a project to enhance accessibility for cyclists by inserting some of the 'missing links' in the cycling network in the city. I asked about the inclusion of a north-south link between Baligillo Road (cycle lane and green circular) and Grove Academy which had been requested by the Grove Academy Parent Council to help facilitate more pupil journeys to school by bike thereby supporting the school's travel plan. The Chairman of the Committee, Councillor Will Dawson, conceded that not all the spend had yet been identified and agreed that my proposal could be considered for inclusion in the scheme by officers managing the CWSS.
