Author: IanD

Nottingham City Council has secured £6.1 million from the D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) process to invest in and kick start an overhaul of Nottingham’s cycle facilities. The funding is for 2 years starting in April 2015 through to March 2017. Let’s see Derby City Council try and match our neighbours. The presence of the… Continue reading Congratulations to Nottingham on obtaining cycle funding

The latest newsletter from the Derwent Valley Cycleway working group has just been published. You can access it (and previous newsletters) here. If you’d like to be added to the mailing list for the newsletter then visit this page.

Derbyshire County Council is proposing changes in how they handle reports of issues relating to Rights of Way and are asking for the public to provide their views on the proposed changes. Please visit this link and provide your input. My personal view is that the proposals mean that anything of “priority B” or lower… Continue reading Derbyshire Public Rights of Way review

See this link for details of free bike maintenance workshops being offered by Halfords during August. Not many places so book quickly if you’re interested. Halfords shops offering workshops include those at Wyvern and Kingsway.  

The draft Derbyshire Cycling Plan has been developed by a range of partners across all of Derbyshire. This high level plan aims to get more people on bikes, by 2025. You can review the draft plan here. Once you have reviewed the draft you are encouraged to provide your comments by completing the questionnaire. The… Continue reading Derbyshire Cycling Plan – please provide your comments

The Cycling Group (in conjunction with the Derwent Valley Cycleway) visited the Breadsall Open Gardens event recently in order to publicise the group. A steady stream of interest from an audience outside the sporting or committed cyclist audience that we often meet. A successful event until the early finish due to a storm arriving mid… Continue reading Breadsall Open Gardens and Fete

Last week the DCG met the Derby City Council project engineers for the A52 Wyvern proposed transport improvements. Here’s a heads up on the forthcoming public consultation. There are major changes proposed for both motorised and non motorised users and the Council want input from the public. Please attend the consultation meetings if you can… Continue reading Public Consultation A52 Wyvern planned improvements

Roger Geffen, the CTC’s Campaigns and Policy Director has been awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours list for “services to cycling”. Roger visited Derby earlier in the year (see this link for a report) and was very well received by the members attending the meeting. In accepting the award, Roger paid tribute to… Continue reading Roger Geffen awarded MBE

The Derby Cycling Group have recently affiliated to the CTC which provides for liability insurance for DCG led activities such as rides or publicity events. However, as an additional benefit, all members of the DCG are eligible to purchase Third Party Liability insurance through the CTC for attractive rates (currently £18 per year). Visit this… Continue reading New member benefit – Discount on Third Party Liability Insurance