.... It could have been so much better, but I bet Joe public on his BSO thinks it's great.
This is one of the problems. The path does look very good. Joe Public thinks it's good. The Council think it's good and so they claim do the many people who come down to inspect it.
The problem is that somebody looking at it for an hour on a weekday lunchtime isn't going to see it in all the situations that the local riders do.
It's the local riders down there day in and out who witness the collisions, near misses, obstructions, etc that were predicted would occur. Its us who can see the problems caused by a construction that doesn't come anywhere near the design guidelines that are published. It is us who can no longer use the road as an alternative since Joe Motorist can see a "high quality" path next to them and give us abuse for not being on it.
It's us who provided suggestions for the seafront, which were ignored. It's us who can compare the seafront now to how it was before, and how it was before that. We've been riding here for years.
The front has been constantly improved, and I'll give the council that. It used to be a race track, but got speed cameras and painted lanes (in parts). 12 months ago it was a much better place to cycle along than 15 years ago. This month it is the worst place to cycle along yet
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