28 January 2011
27 January 2011
STARS website - use it or we might lose it....
http://www.cycle-routes.org/hadrianscycleway/newstars2010/home.htmldon't forget to access the STARS website
ALERT Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels
Anne Clark |
Cycling Officer |
Strategic Housing, Planning & Transportation |
0191 277 8907 / x28907 |
This is to let you know that the lift at the Howdon end of the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels will be closed for maintenance and repair from 10am to 1pm on Friday, 28th January. The only alternative entrance and exit at Howdon during this short period will be via the escalators which can only be used as stairs.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Richard Simpson
For the Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority
www.tynepedestrianandcyclisttunnels.co.uk
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Richard Simpson
For the Tyne & Wear Integrated Transport Authority
www.tynepedestrianandcyclisttunnels.co.uk
26 January 2011
pageviews
According to blogger stats this blog gets around 100 views a month...thanks for viewing but of course I would urge you to:
thanks for your help
Phil
- tell your fellow ranger colleagues to keep an eye on the blog
- add new posts
- share information etc to keep this going.
thanks for your help
Phil
11 January 2011
pot hole fixing in North Tyneside
Anyone who would like to report a pot-hole can contact the council either:
- Completing the on-line form on the council's website atwww.northtyneside.gov.uk - using the 'Report it' tap on the main home page.
- E-mail us on highways.environment@northtyneside.gov.uk
- Telephone 643 6130
- Completing the on-line form on the council's website atwww.northtyneside.gov.uk - using the 'Report it' tap on the main home page.
- E-mail us on highways.environment@northtyneside.gov.uk
- Telephone 643 6130
- A pot-hole is characterised as being a defect in the road that measures 300mm or more in any direction and 40mm or more in depth
- The borough's busier roads and shopping centres are inspected monthly or three-monthly. The Highways Maintenance Team will normally inspect pot-holes within one day of them being reported. Our aim is to carry out repairs within 24 hours if they are considered an immediate danger to the public - and within ten days otherwise.
- There are different ways to fix a pot-hole. In many cases it is a simple localised repair where the loose material is removed and hot bituminous material is placed into the hole and then compacted. Where there is a cluster of holes together, we often dig out an area by machine to form larger squares, which are then filled with new road resurfacing material. In the severest cases we are either partially or fully resurfacing roads.
- The borough's busier roads and shopping centres are inspected monthly or three-monthly. The Highways Maintenance Team will normally inspect pot-holes within one day of them being reported. Our aim is to carry out repairs within 24 hours if they are considered an immediate danger to the public - and within ten days otherwise.
- There are different ways to fix a pot-hole. In many cases it is a simple localised repair where the loose material is removed and hot bituminous material is placed into the hole and then compacted. Where there is a cluster of holes together, we often dig out an area by machine to form larger squares, which are then filled with new road resurfacing material. In the severest cases we are either partially or fully resurfacing roads.
Eleanor Lane update
Update on Eleanor Lane proposal:
This was on the agenda for the last Cycling Forum but wasn't covered. The proposal is for the construction of a new carriageway and footway between St Lawrence Road and Walker Road, including retaining wall structures and associated landscaping with alterations to Hadrian's Cycleway/Land Adjacent To Formers Shepherds Scrap Yard, Between Walker Road And St Lawrence Road, Byker
The latest news is that it has not yet gone to Planning Committee. If it is given approval the design will be the one on the planning portal website which has been available for comment for several months. The reference is 2010/1210/01/GRA if you want to look at it or comment at the Planning Portal.
I've checked and it is unlikely to be included in this month's planning meeting on 21st January so there is still time for comments to be made before the application goes to committee.
I will bring some copies of the plan to the Cycling Forum on Thursday 6 January (6pm, Bewick Dobson room, Civic Centre) but if you want to comment you need to do it through the planning portal in the Planning and Buildings section of the Newcastle City Council website - www.newcastle.gov.uk
I will also bring copies of a plan for signalising the junction of Walker Road and Ford Street with a toucan to improve cycle access. This is an initial plan and details have still to be finalised.
Anne Clark
Anne Clark
Cycling Officer
This was on the agenda for the last Cycling Forum but wasn't covered. The proposal is for the construction of a new carriageway and footway between St Lawrence Road and Walker Road, including retaining wall structures and associated landscaping with alterations to Hadrian's Cycleway/Land Adjacent To Formers Shepherds Scrap Yard, Between Walker Road And St Lawrence Road, Byker
The latest news is that it has not yet gone to Planning Committee. If it is given approval the design will be the one on the planning portal website which has been available for comment for several months. The reference is 2010/1210/01/GRA if you want to look at it or comment at the Planning Portal.
I've checked and it is unlikely to be included in this month's planning meeting on 21st January so there is still time for comments to be made before the application goes to committee.
I will bring some copies of the plan to the Cycling Forum on Thursday 6 January (6pm, Bewick Dobson room, Civic Centre) but if you want to comment you need to do it through the planning portal in the Planning and Buildings section of the Newcastle City Council website - www.newcastle.gov.uk
I will also bring copies of a plan for signalising the junction of Walker Road and Ford Street with a toucan to improve cycle access. This is an initial plan and details have still to be finalised.
Anne Clark
Anne Clark
Cycling Officer
09 January 2011
Bikes to Africa fundraising event Thurs 13th Jan 7.30pm at Cumberland Arms - pub quiz, disco and raffle draw
Recyke Y'Bike regularly sends bicycles to projects in African countries via Re~cycle in Colchester. So we can send more we are running a pub quiz and disco at the wonderful Cumberland Arms on Thursday 13th Jan from 7.30pm to 11. All proceeds of tickets and raffle will be reserved for covering the increasing transport costs that hiring a lorry involves.
To buy tickets, a very reasonable £2.50 each, call in to Recyke Y'Bike in Byker ( http://www.recyke-y-bike.org )
or call 0191 265 4197 to reserve your entrance tickets. You can also buy raffle tickets for bike related prizes including generous vouchers (to £200 value) for our refurbished bicycles and other items on sale.
A recent article in the magazine Ride http://www.theridejournal.com/what_is_the_ride.html
by a pastor in South Africa who runs the Bokamoso Bicycle Project pointed up the many benefits that your old bikes bring to communities without proper roads and non-existant public transport and also the inspiration that the work of Recyke Y'Bike and Re~Cycle brings to the people there.
So please help us do more and have a good time on Thursday 13th.
All the best
Dorothy Craw
07 January 2011
03 January 2011
Guided Cycle Ride 22 Jan 2011
From Bob Sorley
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Contact Bob direct.
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Guided cycle ride around Newcastle upon Tyne
On Saturday the 22nd of January
10:30 Meet next to the ticket office in Newcastle
10:45 Start tour of Newcastle
We will visit.
St Nicholas Cathedral
The Castle Keep
The High Level Bridge
The Sage
The Baltic
The Millennium Bridge
The Ouseburn
The historic quayside
Lunch at The Cluny in the historic Ouseburn
After lunch we cycle up Grey Street Britain
We will visit the public weigh house in Granger Street
St James Park
Blackfriars It’s a restored 13th-century friary
The city walls
The Discovery Museum
16:30 Newcastle
For further details contact robert .sorley@btinternet.com
Many thanks,
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