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Various business leaders have written an open letter to the chancellor asking him to deliver on the promises that Cameron and others made prior to the election. Click here to see the letter

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

We find we have a lot of members who we haven’t got email addresses for and thus cannot send them the electronic newsletters and other information. If you’re a member and didn’t receive an email in the last month about the last newsletter, we probably don’t have your email address (or have an old one).… Continue reading Members – check you’re on the mailing list

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.

The CTC Thursday Ride Group have cycled from Ratcliffe Lane/Long Lane (near Kegworth) to Clifton along the relatively traffic free route of the old A453. This   Has been replaced by this   Which is now only an access road to Barton in Fabis and a link between Barton and Thrumpton. The new A453 dual… Continue reading A Vision of the Future – Derby to Nottingham Green Corridor

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.  

Consultation – what do you think about the proposed cycle routes? DCG has met with the project team and is impressed with the quality of the routes proposed, which includes a new 4m wide bridge over the A52 and believe the new routes around Wyvern will help people wishing to cycle to work in the… Continue reading A52 Wyvern: Cycle Bridge and New Cycle Routes – Consultation

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