To join up the cycle paths from La Collette to Commercial buildings, the plan - now backed by a Roads Committee with a history of absurd anti-car-ism - will see the 'English' and 'French' harbours eaten into, to widen the road and include a dedicated cycle path - if Planning agree.
They say "The granite work would be in the same style as the existing walls, but
all the existing granite and slipway cobbles would be left intact behind
and beneath the new structures."
I don't believe they'll get it to look authentic, and I think it would spoil the look of these old harbours and slipways. Maybe not so much this one by South Pier ...
.. but definitely this one. And look - there's a wide enough pavement on the wall side of the road that only gets used because there isn't a pavement on the water side.
So why not scrap the existing pavement, move the road over, and have a shared pavement and cycle path on the harbour side? A zebra crossing could allow access to the steps up to Pier Rd, it's not as if it would see any major use and hold up the traffic. Much cheaper to swap the road and pavement over than to spoil the old granite work!
A few hours at Hamptonne.
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Time spent with a grandchild is precious. A couple of hours with Chloe is a
gift.
You need somewhere that feeds their imaginations, gives them free rein...
7 months ago