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Legalise cycling on The Esplanade, Weymouth!

Legalise cycling on The Esplanade, Weymouth!

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Chris G.
Started by Anonymous 16 years, 11 months ago
As of a few weeks ago, it has become an offence to cycle along the seafront on the Esplanade in Weymouth. For those of you who dont know the area well, The Esplanade is a large stretch of tarmac reaching from the Greenhill Gardens to the Pavilion to connect the beach to the road. The area is plenty big enough for cyclists and pedestrians as long as the cyclists ride responsibly. Personally, i would rather ride slowly on the esplanade the risk riding on one of the most dangerous roads in Weymouth. For this reason, i believe that either this rule should be abolished, or a cycle lane be placed along the esplanade to keep cyclists and pedestrians separate. In an age where we're being encouraged to leave the car at home, this is a completly unexeptable thing for the council to do.

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Gemma Crawford
16 years ago Featured

just give us a lane. its a huge space and there is plenty of room for everyone if people just pay attention.

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Mark Coleman
16 years ago Featured

Total madness. I cycle to work every day and now I have to deal with the cars on the main road? Council needs a reality check.

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Jenny Gomez
16 years ago Featured

Used to love taking the kids along the seafront on a sunny day. Now we cant even do that without fear of tickets. Let us ride!

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Sarah Lin
16 years ago Featured

why would they ban this?? we need to be encouraging people to get out on bikes not making it impossible to get anywhere.

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Dave Sutton
16 years ago Featured

Ridiculous decision. Riding on the main road there is a death trap especially in summer traffic. Just paint a line and let us cycle safely.

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Tom Kumar
16 years ago Featured

KEEP CYCLING LEGAL ON THE ESPY. Traffic is bad enough without pushing bikes into the middle of the road.

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