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I agree with everyone else. If there is a significant lack of space, it’s useful but I struggle to weave/fit my bike into it on ground level. As someone both tall and (reasonably) fit, I can lift the bike up using the mechanism. But not without significant effort and patience.
I would rather get my heavy lifting exercising done through more ergonomic means.
Whether it’ll change the outcome I cannot speculate but they’re at least responding to emails. I got a sympathetic reply from Councillor Medley.
In addition, Councillor Webber wrote the following: (I wonder how good or bad this proposed dedicated pathway would be – with the new roundabout built)
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Thank you for your email.You probably know that you are one of several cyclists who have written to me concerned about the new roundabout on the B4993 and I have raised it as an urgent issue with the Vale officers who are responsible for the Valley Park development. Clearly, it is important to keep cyclists as safe as possible, and in this present climate we do want to encourage people to get on a bike rather than into a car.The officers have pointed out that this is a County Council and Highways issue and that it has already been consulted on and taken to planning committee in April 2016. However, they are going to raise it with Highways officers. See the officers comments below:
“The plan for this roundabout and concerns about its design being unsuited to pedestrians, cyclists and horse riders as expressed by Harwell Parish Council and local residents were considered by the planning committee in April 2016. The highways officer had no objection and the plan forms part of the resolution to approve.
Nonetheless, comments will be treated as representations on the Valley Park application and taken into account and summarised in a future report to planning committee. I shall also share the comments with the highways authority and seek their response.”
However, the good news is that a dedicated pathway for cyclists and walkers beside the B4993 will be built from the potential roundabout to Great Western Park. See below:
“The s106 agreement associated with application P17/V2777/O which granted outline permission for housing at Meadow View, Didcot Road secures a pedestrian/cycle path beside the B4493 from the Harwell link road through to the existing pedestrian/cycle path beside the B4493 at GWP. We have recently received a detailed application for housing on this site (P20/V1334/FUL).”
I hope this information is useful.
Kind regards,
Catherine Webber
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