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Council Launches Burton Marsh Greenway 'Share With Care' Proposal

Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched a ‘Share with Care' proposal for Burton March Greenway - designed to ensure that all types of users can enjoy it.

Locality Officer Elaine Grant, Councillor Kay Loch, Councillor Louise Gittins, Greenspace Officer Peter Atkinson and cyclists who support the proposal.

The greenway route linking Neston and Deeside Industrial Estate has proved to be a great success with walkers, wheelchair users and cyclists - allowing people to use sustainable modes to travel to work, as well as providing a great facility for recreational walking and cycling.

However local residents living near the end of the Greenway in Little Neston have been reporting a growing problem with a small minority of speeding cyclists.

The result is the ‘Share with Care' proposal, which, supported by Cheshire West and Chester councillors Louise Gittins and Kay Loch, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sustrans, the Local Sustainable Transport Fund, local residents and cyclists, has been produced in order to try to reduce the speed of cyclists as they approach the end of the Greenway.

Local member, Councillor Kay Loch, said: "The proposal includes new signs, extensions to the two existing speed humps near the end of the route to make them more effective and a gate which will be positioned on the narrow section north of Quayside in the area where most of the problems occur.

"We also intend to send letters to local cycling clubs to request considerate use. We all hope that these measures will bring home to the small minority of inconsiderate cyclists the need to ‘share with care'."

Local member, Councillor Louise Gittins, said: "This is a welcome development by the council. Local residents have been calling for action to address problems encountered on the Greenway involving a small minority of irresponsible cyclists.

"This is a shared route for everyone to enjoy and there should be respect from and for all users."

Colin Wells from RSPB, said: "I am more than happy to support the "Share with Care" proposal, the Greenway is a place that appeals to a wide variety of people and groups and is for everyone's enjoyment."

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Comments

Shelagh

At 19:43 on 16th April 2014, Shelagh commented:

We walk along this footpath most Friday mornings with our walking group. OK, there are a lot of us and we spread out a bit, but we're quite happy to step to one side and get out of the way if only the cyclists would RING THEIR BELLS! If they silently creep up, how are we to know they're there? I have asked a few 'speed cyclists' to please ring their bell and have been treated to verbal abuse. Why must they be so aggressive? Too much testosterone? Please be polite. And isn't it a legal requirement to have a bell on your bike?
Shelagh Nugent
PS: Anybody interested in health walks, we meet at Ness Gardens car park at 10.30 am every Friday (except bank holidays). Wear sensible shoes. It's about an hour and a half and there are some hills. Very sociable group.

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bigfoot

At 21:44 on 16th April 2014, bigfoot commented:

It's due to the route being a "Strava segment" ie one where people can post times on their website and vie with each other to be top of the leader board. Strava should remove that section from their website. If its not there people can't post times and will stop speeding! Hopefully that should help.These speed merchants are posting these unofficially. The whole Strava a thing of dubious legality,like Chavs street racing?

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CO Jones

At 22:00 on 16th April 2014, CO Jones commented:

Bigfoot, that is so depressing. I am about to start cycling that route to a new job in a few weeks time over in Sealand. I want to make good time but will be courteous and polite to other users. why are single / specific interest user groups such morons?

The cycleway is a fantastic addition encouraging people who want to keep fit. Why do some users have to be so selfish?

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