Safer cycling campaign

A campaign to get a cycle route between Parkend. Whitecroft and the town of Lydney

A safe cycle route to Lydney

The campaign for a safe cycle route between Parkend , Whitecroft and Lydney begins this week with our letter to the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley Review and we'll be posting details of action and progess here.

We're making the case for investment in zero carbon transport which will also join up Lydney and its railway station with tourist cycle routes around the forest..

Progress diary

31st May

Talking to Alan Powell of the Fountain Inn today, he informs me of his letters to Sustrans about the same issue. He's writen several times but so far the only response has been conversation.

9th June

Alan's letter on this issue was published in the Review last week and yesterday, a petition appeared in the Fountain Inn (source unknown at present).

We're hoping that the Review will publish an article this week about this and the Community Plan in general.

19th June

No Review article as yet, but the petition is attracting a lot of signatures.

21st June

Review are now offering coverage with photo. Contact has been made with Richard Hamilton, the instigator of the petition via  Pillowell Councilor Kim Spencer. Richard will or has made contact with  Tess Tremlett, Health and Wellbeing Manager at FODDC. Tess has made several attempts to find a suitable route. Jeff Mowatt referred the campaign to James Woodcock the Eoconomic Development Officer at FODDC in a meeting on Monday. 

25th June

Jeff Mowatt made contact with Local Action att FoDDC to discuss the potential for local social enterprise initiatives. There is apparently £2.6 million funding available. For a social enterprise project match funding will be provided up to 80% of project cost with a limit of £100,000 for any project.

5th July

A meeting to be held in the Miners Arms Whitecroft at 8pm to discuss the future plan of action.

6th July

Those present at the inaugural meeting determined that a steering group would be set up with Richard Hamilton, Alan Powell, Bob Freshwater and Jeff Mowatt among the members.

4th January

West Dean Parish Council were advised of a response from Lydney Town Council following a presentation to them last year by Kim Spencer and Bob Freshwater. Essentially, LTC wrote in support of any efforts to establish a cycle trail/path between Parkend and Whitecroft.

This prompted a discussion about what was happening locally about progressing this. The Parish Council have not been updated since Richard's presentation to us in the summer and we do not know what has been, or is being done to progress the project. They have decided to write to Sustrans to formerly establish their current position and to contact the Lydney Area in Partnership to see if they could support the scheme in any way.

 

 

On this council web page the Quick Guide to Local Action may be found as a pdf download