AGM – new date: Please note that the date for the KCC agm has been changed to: 7:00pm – 9:00pm, Wednesday 22nd November 2017 at The Sportsman, John William Street Huddersfield Please try to get to this if you can. Berry Brow – update: There are now some additions to […]
Hello everybody Welcome to number 11 newsletter from the Kirklees Cycling Campaign. Quite a lot in this one. Just a reminder that if you ever want to check out on previous newsletters, they can always be found on the campaign website (details above) Best Regards – John Lewis Chair Lindley […]
Huddersfield Town Centre Some of you might have noticed a sudden increase of cycle route signage in and around Huddersfield Town Centre. The signs look good but they often tend to promise more than what turns out to be the reality. It’s true to say that there have been some […]
Meeting with Kirklees Officers: On 19th June we finally got our meeting with Kirklees Officers. Our suspicion is that this was helped by The Huddersfield Examiner’s article about the length of time we were waiting for a reply to our request. So thank you to “The Examiner”. The reason for […]
Space for Cycling Ride – Report The undemanding ride on 22nd April around Huddersfield Town Centre in the sunshine was covered in great style by the Huddersfield Examiner and included a personal interview. Unfortunately we didn’t fill the streets with cyclists, and our numbers were little more than those that […]
The Open Letter The newsletter for March was taken up with the open letter to the two cabinet leaders responsible for highways in Kirklees. Some of you may have seen large parts of it printed in the ‘Huddersfield Examiner’. This led to Pulse Radio requesting a short interview. The response […]
An Open Letter to Cllr McBride and Cllr Musarrat Khan This month two representatives of the KCC met the above Cabinet leaders to discuss some issues involving cycling in Kirklees. Cllr McBride is responsible for Economy, Skills, Transportation and Planning while Cllr Musarrat Khan responsibilities are for highways and neighbourhoods. […]
Hello everyone. Welcome to No. 4 Newsletter of the Kirklees Cycling Campaign listing some of the current news. Cycling Network Maps After an awful lot of work and teething problems the maps are now more or less ready to be presented to the council. Many thanks to the many people […]
There are plans to improve a stretch of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal towpath, approximately 4.6km between Longroyd Lane in Huddersfield and Low Westwood Lane opposite Titanic Mills. The improvements are an element of the Canals project, a programme of works across West Yorkshire being delivered as part of the second […]
Newsletter from the Chair Happy New Year everyone and thank you to all those who managed to get to the general meeting on Wednesday 18th January. I hope you were not too dismayed by my lack of chair skills. The constitution was approved so we are now a bona fide […]
