Vicky’s Pedal and Chat rides every Tuesday evening Lynnsport 6.30pm. Short sociable rides in and
around town. See below: PEDAL AND CHAT TURNS TEN
Chat and plan meeting on second Thursday of the month Ferry Lane 7.45 for 8pm. See:
www.KWLNBUG.co.uk for details of current campaigns and comments on development places.
PEDAL & CHAT TURNS TEN!
This June marks 10 years since Pedal & Chat was formed! Since June 2016, there have been
439 rides. That's a lot of pedalling & chatting- potentially up to 4000 miles worth! Thank you
to all of you who have been along for the ride.
P&C is going to be celebrating this month by doing some favourite rides again. Meet at
Lynnsport on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm.
Here's looking forward to making a great month of celebrations! 🚲🎉🎂
PLEASE SUPPORT CYCLING IN THE MASTERPLAN
There's a consultation now open on the King's Lynn Masterplan. Pete and MJ have been to
stakeholder workshops on BUG's invitation and some key things to support are completing
the town centre end of the Orange cycling/walking route along South Quay and King Street,
completing the town end of the Green route by widening and reallocating pavements from
Loke Road to Railway Road, creating better links to and around the SouthGate, and moving
some car parking out of the historic centre to the edge of the docks, but we also need more
cycle parking as planned in the Local Cycling and Walking Implementation Plan.
On the consultation boards, most cycling things are on boards 2, 4 and 5. In the consultation or
the strategy book, Strategies 5 and 6 are key for cycling. You can find the consultation at
VisionKingsLynn.co.uk/have-your-say/ until Monday 8 June.
Please continue to the end of the consultation and click the link to "ArcGIS Survey123" near
the bottom of the page despite its description. That will take you to the page where you can
give your views. It being a bit difficult and non-obvious to find might mean your voice carries
more weight. I'd be very happy if people supported the Riverfront, Common Staithe, Port Area
and Timber Yard and Southgates area plans. I don't agree with Land North of Wisbech Road as
shown because it would mean a lot more cars driving on the south end of Hardings Way.
Maybe in extra comments, you might like to explain any votes, mention the need for more cycle
parking and completing the orange and green routes, and maybe suggest there should finally
be some sort of "rail to river link" for cycling and not only walking (there are multiple
possibilities and any could work, but so far none are in the plan) because that really limits the
benefits from cycle touring like the Rebellion Way and North Sea Coast Cycleway, as well as
making everyday shopping more difficult for local residents.
The local news has reported the move of some car parking out of the centre as if it's a big
reduction and some social media people have lost their minds about it, so supporting what's
good in this plan might be really helpful. The consultation ends on Monday 8 June.
COUNTY ELECTIONS MYSTERY
The Norfolk County Council elections resulted in 40 Reform UK councillors, 13 Liberal Democrat
(mostly in North Norfolk, but also Rob Colwell in Gaywood North and Central), 12 Green (mostly
in Norwich), 9 Great Yarmouth First (all in Yarmouth), 8 Conservative, 1 Labour and 1 Independent
(Alex Kemp in Clenchwarton and King's Lynn South).
We don't yet know what this means for cycling, walking or transport ingeneral. Reform UK seem
likely to run a minority cabinet, but they didn't publish a manifesto for Norfolk or announce any
transport policies. Of the opposition groups, we know Rob Colwell and Alex Kemp both have fairly
good track records, the returning Conservatives basically had run NCC for the last few years, and
the Greens seem likely to be positive in line with their manifesto.
Learn more about this as it develops, on our website and socials