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!
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Madness,total madness!
I agree, and I tried to comment on the online JEP story about it, using your idea. But they didn't publish it.
I seem to be censored by the JEP now. I used to comment all the time there under a variety of user names, but I don't get through any more. Maybe it's the proxy I use, or the anti-spam fake email addresses, but it's annoying that valid opinions are censored this way. Grrr! Filthy rag doesn't need to be supported anyway.
You seem to be applying logic and common sense (let alone the opinion of of mere mortal) in relation to what planners and the like think!
What makes you think I'm a mere mortal? LOL
Thanks for commenting :)
I totally agree. This is the biggest waste of money. It seems as if TTS have money to burn!
"mere mortal" was the politest word I could think of for how your opinion is viewed by the powers that be :o)
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