Southampton cyclists - your help needed!

[downfader]

Many of you may not be aware but a local contraflow cycle lane is threatened with closure to allow 2-way HGV and tipper lorry access. Second Avenue is hardly ideal but mixing on this road with such vehicles might be problematic.

Here is the road in question:

http://goo.gl/maps/7wdAq

Usually larger vehicles will turn off Redbridge road (parallel to Second Avenue) and rejoin the A33 HERE. As far as I can see theres little problem with HGV and lorry access, even with the new development along there.

Councilor Andrew Pope has lodged a formal objection to the proposed changes and is asking for local riders (and non-local riders that use this route) to email him with a statement of how this would affect them. You can also email in that the cycle lane could be invested in and repaired to a Dutch standard (there is space via the hedges), too.

You can contact Cllr Pope via his email HERE ..it doesnt matter if you support Labour - what matters is to raise concern at changes that could affect hundreds of cyclists (indeed encourage many new ones if they fix it!).

Cheers if you can help!

 

[Maylian]

Will send an email to him later today, use that road semi frequently even though (as you say) the road is horribly surfaces currently.

 

[Riverman]

I'm onto it, will send an email off soon. There's been too many deaths over the years in Southampton and frankly the roads around there are bloody dangerous enough already.

 

[downfader]

Thanks peeps! I know a couple of twitter peeps have also sent in correspondence. I hope that its enough for change to the better.

 

[Maylian]

I got responses from the legal department as well as the councillor stating the complaint had been lodged and others had been received.