Chesterfield Cycle Campaign

Our May meeting will be on Tuesday 8th May at 7.00pm in the town hall. All welcome.

Agenda, Minutes of April meeting

The Campaign will have its annual stall at the May Day event in town on Monday 7th May. Unfortunately due to the proposed work on the market hall the event will NOT be held in New Square this year. The Campaign stall will be in the Winding Wheel. The event stalls and entertainment are split between Rykneld Square and the Winding Wheel.

The traditional march will take place leaving from outside the town hall at 11.00am. Due to roadworks the route is more compact and remains in the town centre this year. All cyclists are welcome to join our (slow) cycling group!

The April Campaign meeting will be on Tuesday 10th at 7.00pm in the town hall.

Agenda - Minutes of last meeting

DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TEMPORARY FOOTPATH CLOSURE

PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO.9 (PART) BRIMINGTON PARISH

WHEN: 05 March 2012 to 04 May 2012

WHERE: Close canal towpath Public Footpath No.9 (Part) Brimington Parish from Station Road to the end of Bilby Lane

REASON: To facilitate public safety during re-surfacing works

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR PEDESTRIANS: Will be Station Road - Newbridge Lane to west of canal - Footpath beside river and railway onto Station Lane - Footpath beside railway and river turning south over footbridge to end of Bilby Lane and Vice Versa.

Access will be maintained, whenever reasonably possible, on the affected length of footpath.  The footpath will re-open as soon as the work is finished.  This may be earlier than advertised.

Derbyshire County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused while work takes place.  Anyone needing further information should ring Call Derbyshire 08456 058058.

The County Council intends to make an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) to prohibit its use by traffic.

Ian Stephenson, Strategic Director - Environmental Services, County Hall, MATLOCK DE4 3AG.

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DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
TEMPORARY FOOTPATH CLOSURE

PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO.9 (PART) BRIMINGTON PARISH AND PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO.1 (PART) STAVELEY PARISH

WHEN: 05 March 2012 to 04 May 2012

WHERE: Close canal towpath, Public Footpath No.9 (Part) Brimington Parish from Dixon's Lock west of Victoria Farm, continuous with Footpath No.1 (Part) Staveley Parish eastward to junction with Mill Green

REASON: To facilitate public safety during re-surfacing works

ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR PEDESTRIANS: Will be via Footpath No.22 Brimington past Ringwood Centre - Station Road - Troughbrook Road - Troughbrook Hill - Chesterfield Road - Barnfield Close - Mill Green and Vice Versa.

Access will be maintained, whenever reasonably possible, on the affected length of footpath.  The footpath will re-open as soon as the work is finished.  This may be earlier than advertised.

Derbyshire County Council apologises for any inconvenience caused while work takes place.  Anyone needing further information should ring Call Derbyshire 08456 058058.

The County Council intends to make an Order under Section 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (as amended) to prohibit its use by traffic.

Ian Stephenson, Strategic Director - Environmental Services, County Hall, MATLOCK DE4 3AG.

The Sustrans Connect2 project to create a cycling and walking route between Halfway in Sheffield and Killamarsh has passed another milestone.

On the morning of 5th February, new bridges over the River Rother and nearby railway line were successfully lifted into place. This route complements the TPT access ramps built recently at Forge Lane and the south end of Rother Valley Country Park, also part of the Connect2 project financed with money from the BIG Lottery and South Yorkshire and Derbyshire Local Transport Plan funds.

When completed, the final route will run from Halfway tram stop, using existing walking and cycling routes as far as James Walton Drive, before following a new path which will run parallel to, but away from, the busy main road. 

Photographs of the river bridge lift taking place are available here.

A map of the full route is available here.

Our February meeting will take place on Tuesday 14th Feb at 7.00pm in the town hall. Ask at the reception desk which room we will be in. Bikes can be left in the foyer.

Agenda  Minutes of Jan meeting

The Times newspaper has launched a campaign to improve cyclist safety - Cities Fit for Cycling.  It's been inspired by the devastating injuries suffered by Times journalist, Mary Bowers, who is still in a coma three months after being hit by an HGV, as well as the hundreds of other cyclists killed and injured on UK roads each year.  They believe that cycling should be both safe and pleasurable, that Ministers, Mayors and Local Authorities should make our cities fit for cycling, and have published an eight-point manifesto proposing a range of measures to achieve this.

The backing of a heavyweight newspaper like the Times gives an fantastic publicity boost to cycling at a time when numbers are slowly creeping up.  Launched on 2nd February, the Times Campaign already has widespread support with over 22,000 written pledges and the backing of the Prime Minister, Labour, the AA and ten of the biggest cities in Britain including Sheffield.

Click here to read the 8-point manifesto and pledge support.

Click here to read the stories that have accompanied the Campaign.
 

Regular users of the Chesterfield Canal tow path will have noticed that the area alongside the new Mill Green link at Staveley has been extremely muddy over this winter.  Now that the link is complete, and Staveley Town Basin filled, work has started on resurfacing the path in this area and is expected to be completed this week.

Elsewhere on the canal, further resurfacing is due to take place between Bilby Lane and Mill Green in this financial year, although confirmed dates for the work are not available yet.

Thanks to Chesterfield Canal Trust for providing this photograph taken on 20th January, the day the first canal boat entered the Basin.  More pictures can be seen on the Chesterfield Canal Trust's website.

Construction has started on a new off-road shared path beside the A619 at Tapton, which will form part of Route 5 of the Chesterfield Cycle Network.

Cyclists heading north along Brimington Road will be able to leave the carriageway just before its junction with the A619 and join a shared path which is being widened to 3 metres. It will continue up the hill, past the crematorium to the top side of the cemetery. A new toucan crossing will be installed to help cyclists cross the busy road and continue along Wikeley Way.

Due to the closure of the Market Hall for refurbishment the Campaign cannot hold its meetings there. The council have offered us a room at the town hall which we have accepted. Unfortunately we will have to change the time of the meeting slightly. It will now start at 7.00pm and finish at 8.30pm. We will continue to meet on the second Tuesday of each month, the first meeting in 2012 being January 10th.