Have say on active travel consultation
Borough: How could council encourage cycling and walking?
Council plans to improve walking and cycling in
Windsor and Maidenhead will go to a public consultation later this year.
A total of £335,000 in funding was awarded to the borough in
2020 as part of central Government’s allow the council to upgrade Active Travel Fund, its ‘Cycling Action Plan’ into a which aims to give councils ‘Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure more opportunity to increase Plan’. sustainable modes of transport. Suggestions could cover
A consultation earlier this areas such as encouraging year saw thousands of people people to leave their cars at respond to a number of controversial home or segregated cycle lanes. council plans, including Leader of the local independents, low traffic neighbourhoods Councillor Lynne Jones in West Windsor. (OWRA, Old Windsor) said she
The council is now set for a wanted this survey to be a fresh consultation likely to ‘proper consultation’. take place in the summer. “We need to get as much information
Both online and postal submissions as possible before will be accepted, and we start spending money,”
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“I hope it is a proper consultation where it is not just ‘do you like this’ or ‘do you like that’ – I hope they are actually asking for comments. Residents are the ones who will use these roads and pavements.
“What we had was a desktop exercise before. Somebody looked at a map and said ‘if we do this, this might work’, but without knowing what is happening around that area.”
The Old Windsor councillor said that she would like the money to be spent on a ‘joined up cycle route across Windsor’.
“So people can actually cycle into Windsor and get across it without having to tackle really busy roundabouts,” she added.
Another idea was for better cycle routes to the Trevelyan Middle School in Wood Close.
Lead member for transport, Cllr Gerry Clark (Con, Bisham 01/03/2021 15:52:32 and Cookham), said: “We want residents and ward councillors to tell us where these measures can be implemented in order to deliver improvements in air quality and active travel.
“It is important that residents are telling us where there is going to be a benefit.”
On Cllr Jones’ concerns, he added: “We are looking forward to hearing sound proposals from opposition councillors.
“It is the ‘we are all doomed’ mentality. Officers did their best [before] and now we look forward to working with all parties.
“This is about listening to residents – not about point scoring.”