South Gloucestershire is getting ready to welcome the arrival of the 2022 AJ Bell Tour of Britain cycling race when it visits the district on Friday 9th September. Stage 6 of the race passes through Dunkirk, Horton, Chipping Sodbury and Yate before heading out towards Rangeworthy and Charfield, via Iron Acton. The lead riders are expected in Chipping Sodbury High Street shortly before 2pm.
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Residents in the West of England are being invited to ‘find joy in the journey’ by swapping short car journeys for walking or cycling to help reduce congestion and improve air quality in the region. A new campaign aims to boost health and wellbeing as well as helping to build a cleaner, greener future for the region.
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The first free public bicycle pumps have been installed in South Gloucestershire. Two new pumps have been installed on the popular Bristol and Bath Railway Path, with one situated in Bitton and the other in Warmley. These heavy duty public bicycle pumps provide cyclists with a convenient facility to pump up deflated tyres. The pumps are permanent fixtures, bolted to
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April marks the completion of a range of improvements to three cycle and pedestrian routes across South Gloucestershire, thanks to a grant from the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF). A growing number of cyclists are now benefiting from the improvements which build upon the network constructed during the Cycling City project – completing missing links and providing more continuous
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Local cycling groups have labelled Filton and Bradley Stoke MP Jack Lopresti “a wimp” for not signing an Early Day Motion (EDM) that calls for measures to be taken to make cycling more popular and safer. In reply, Mr Lopresti says the ‘Get Britain Cycling’ EDM has little prospect of achieving anything, adding that he prefers to help the cause
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Work will be starting shortly to install a raised level crossing on Coniston Road, Patchway. The crossing will enable cyclists and pedestrians with mobility issues or pushchairs to cross the road more easily. In order to carry out this work a temporary road closure will be in force on Coniston Road, Patchway from its junction with Waterside Drive to its
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The Cycling City project has provided match funding to local charity the Kingswood Foundation to provide secure, covered cycle parking for young people and staff. The new cycle parking facility has proved to be very popular and since completion the number of people cycling to the site has increased. To celebrate the opening of their new cycle parking facility, the
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Charlie Kelly from Longwell Green Primary School was the lucky winner of a £200 cycle voucher as he became the 10,000th child to receive cycle training in South Gloucestershire and Bristol since Cycling City started in 2008. The three year Cycling City project has resulted in a doubling of cycle training from previous levels. Cycling training is now offered in
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Residents are invited to have their say on proposals for improvements to cycling facilities in South Gloucestershire as part of the Cycling City project. A proposed new route will provide a link from the University of the West of England (UWE) south to Broomhill and then onto cycle routes into Bristol. The new route will provide a choice of off-road
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A series of public exhibitions has been arranged on proposals for upgrades to a cycle route as part of the Cycling City project in South Gloucestershire. There are a number of improvements proposed for the Ring Road cycle path between Dramway Roundabout (junction with B4465 Shortwood Hill) and the Bristol City Council boundary in the vicinity of Southmead Hospital. This
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