Dear KLWNBUG Connectivity is one of the themes of the Town Investment Plan which is currently being developed by the Town Board. If approved, the plan could bring £25M into King’s Lynn. Linking into this theme, a local walking and cycling plan is being developed by Norfolk County Council which will identify improvements that will ...
The Lynn News reports that UK Power Networks has apologised for the substandard blocking of the Reffley-Springwood cycleway. Thank you UK Power Networks. We hope that future diversions by you and other utility companies will be signed properly in future, in line with the Code of Practice on Safety at Streetworks which says "You must ...
Dear Norfolk County Council Cycling and Walking Champion, Does Norfolk County Council have any response to losing 42% of its National Cycle Network routes for safety reasons[1] at this time of increased cycling, government guidelines[3] saying to cycle and walk in preference to driving or public transport and new government statutory guidance[4] to build cycle ...
The second edition of our 2020 West Norfolk Cycle Routes map is now ready to download and print. Thank you to those who gave comments and feedback on the first edition. It is designed to print out in colour on A3 paper. One side has an overview of West Norfolk and the surrounding areas that ...
Cycling UK's campaigns team has produced an online kit that helps you draft letters to your local council, asking it to create more cycling and walking space on the roads during the Covid-19 restrictions. https://action.cyclinguk.org/page/59646/action/1?ea.tracking.id=klwnbug One advantage of using the kit is that it fills in details of the laws and regulations that enable local ...
So you should have your polling cards for the vote for your borough council (or district council if outside West Norfolk) elections. Please, I'm asking you to consider cycling when deciding who to vote for. Borough/district councils aren't responsible for the headline-grabbing things of building or maintaining major cycle routes or roads, but they are ...
Two years ago, we reported that cyclists crossing the new bridge over the River Nar from Central Park (known locally as balls-up park after the sculptural balls dotted around it) were expected to cross two metres of grass and jump off a high kerb if they wanted to join Sandpiper Way (in the development opposite ...
Norfolk County Council is holding a series of consultation events on their plans for Rail Trails including the former railway routes from Lynn to Hunstanton and Fakenham. These are critical for cycling in West Norfolk and offer chances to improve the connections to the north and create a first good connection to the east. Events ...
As mentioned in the previous post about the Bawsey Bumps, "we would really really like" an alternative to the B1145 Bawsey Bumps which is currently the most-used route for cycling east. It's horrible but the alternatives are even worse, involving a very long detour such as 35 miles south to Brandon or mixing it with ...
Two years ago, Norfolk County Council consulted on its Cycling and Walking Action Plan. Among the plan's pages, there was this encouraging map: At long last, King's Lynn would get a decent cycle route to the east, offering a more direct official route to Norwich - although still indirect because NCC don't recognise/improve any obvious ...