Olly Wells

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Cycle Woking

by admin on 29 December, 2008

I recently met staff from Surrey County Council to find out more about the Woking Cycle Forum. 

Cllr Olly Wells on bicycle

I am one of Woking’s two cycling Councillors, as along with Norman Johns and am a member of the Cycle Forum, although I have not yet been able to attend a meeting as both of the two which have been called since I became a Councillor have happened when I have been out of the country for work.

We discussed the plans for the new cycle routes in Woking, intelligently named after the planets, keeping a connection with Woking’s cultural past.  One of the biggest improvements is going to be the development of the Basingstoke Canal towpath.

These routes as a first step towards increasing cycle use in Woking are well thought out and coupled with new cycle parking in the town centre and the station should enable a greater use of bicycles for commuting.  In the long term the current proposals, which are designed to develop main commuting arteries for Woking, will be added to, enabling cyclists to easily travel to and from different parts of Woking without travelling through the town centre.  Although, the later stages of development will depended on the success of the first stages.

Plans include altering the arrangements for cycling to and from the station around Centrium, enabling cyclists to travel along a cycle path on the pavement as well as along the one on the road which already exists in the opposite direction.

There is a long way to go, but Woking is very fortunate to have been successful in its bid and this is in no small part due to the work of officers in both Woking and Surrey councils.

For more information see: http://www.woking.gov.uk/transport/cyclewoking

 

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