Lower Road - Cycle Route
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Topic: Lower Road - Cycle Route
Posted By: Sunray
Subject: Lower Road - Cycle Route
Date Posted: 31 July 2020 at 12:35pm
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Bucks CC have decided that they are going to make Lower Road into a temporary cycle route, for it's complete length from Market Place right through, to include the far side beyond Kingsway. There will be no through traffic, only access for residents, and there will be planters placed in the road to restrict access. Going to be interesting to see how temporary this is? ------------- Sunray |
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Posted By: EmmaO
Date Posted: 31 July 2020 at 2:32pm
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I'm all for the new parking restrictions and money being spent on a permanrnt solution but I really feel £515,000 on TEMPORARY road schemes are a massive white elephant. I also can't believe that this is being rushed through when it has taken years to get a parking scheme in place and some yellow lines. You really couldn't make it up! ------------- The artist formerly known as Bobblehead :) |
Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 31 July 2020 at 4:17pm
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I wondered how long the madness of mainly empty cycle lanes forced onto main thoroughfares in London would reach here. Seems I have my answer. ------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |
Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 31 July 2020 at 4:20pm
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How will this affect all the businesses there? Passing trade, deliveries ect? Not to mention the vets. As long as the two wheeled minority who pay zero in road tax are looked after. ------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |
Posted By: MV Owner
Date Posted: 31 July 2020 at 5:18pm
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what I cannot stand is when they ride side by side |
Posted By: Libtek
Date Posted: 01 August 2020 at 4:30pm
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More to the point to use the money to build a car park off Lower Road near the 413 for the workers to use. All the cycle bit will do is move parking problems elsewhere in the village and residents will, have to fight cyclists to get to their houses. ------------- Weekends are a bit like rainbows. They look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. |
Posted By: Sunray
Date Posted: 10 August 2020 at 12:24pm
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They have put the barriers and signs up at the Village end of Lower Road. ------------- Sunray |
Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 10 August 2020 at 2:26pm
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I witnessed about an hour ago total chaos with cars, vans and lorries all getting caught out and forced to do u turns, reversing back ect, some even went left up over the flyover towards the Heights! That will please them😉🤭 Oh well, the dozen or so hourly cyclists will be happy!
------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |
Posted By: big baggles
Date Posted: 14 August 2020 at 12:43pm
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Absolutely no thought gone into this at all....and what about the school busses that pick up...refuse carts ...deliveries...the articulated truck that delivers cars to wilcox limousines...where do they do a uturn ------------- need a stella and i need one now ! |
Posted By: Larry
Date Posted: 16 August 2020 at 11:14pm
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Reassuring to see the usual misinformed anti-cyclist sh*te being trotted out again....
------------- Who's the ringleaders? Every fifth man!! |
Posted By: MV Owner
Date Posted: 17 August 2020 at 7:24pm
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I dont have an issue with cyclists unless they are Lance Armstrong |
Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 26 August 2020 at 10:02pm
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4 way traffic lights on the Greyhound roundabout now too for roadworks! Still, the odd cyclist permitted to use Lower Road won't be affected, that's the main thing.  ------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |
Posted By: EmmaO
Date Posted: 10 September 2020 at 6:30pm
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Hello! News today: https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/news/quietway-trial-between-gerrards-cross-and-chalfont-st-peter-end-early/" rel="nofollow - https://www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/news/quietway-trial-between-gerrards-cross-and-chalfont-st-peter-end-early/ ------------- The artist formerly known as Bobblehead :) |
Posted By: brewski
Date Posted: 11 September 2020 at 5:26pm
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Taking their time removing the plant boxes. Restrictions still in place. PS. I'm still yet to see a cyclist take advantage of this designated closure. ------------- Too many laws... Too few examples... |