New Plans for Acorn Road Released
Jesmond Local (3 March 2015) http://jesmondlocal.com/2015/03/new-plans-for-acorn-road-released/
Tag Archive: CCAF
Cycle City Ambition Phase II
Made in Tyne & Wear (2 March 2015) Katja and Cllr Nick Forbes were both interviewed by Made in Tyne and Wear (Sky Channel 117) on 2 March for the 18:30 bulletin about the Cycle City Ambition budget extension. No…
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Newcastle campaigners welcome extra £10m for cycling in the city
Evening Chronicle (2 March 2015) http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-campaigners-welcome-extra-10m-8745591
Newcastle city centre to gain £1m cycle superhighway
Bike Biz (5 February 2015) http://www.bikebiz.com/index.php/news/read/newcastle-city-centre-to-gain-1m-cycle-superhighway/017437
Letter to the minister
[PDF] CampaignGroupsCCAGLetterToDfT_20141210 Mr Robert Goodwill MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport Department for Transport Great Minster House 33 Horseferry Road London SW1P 4DR 10th December 2014 Dear Mr Goodwill Feedback on the first phase of the Cycle City…
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Here’s how to spend cycling money wisely, campaign groups tell roads minister in joint letter
Bike Hub (10 December 2014) http://www.bikehub.co.uk/news/sustainability/heres-how-to-spend-cycling-money-wisely-campaign-groups-tell-roads-minister-in-joint-letter/
Our Infrastructure Safari ride through Heaton
This is a short account of our infrastructure safari through Heaton, code name: SCR6 Benfield. The concept of Strategic Cycle Routes (SCR) in Newcastle is well established and monies from the Cycling City Ambition Fund (CCAF) have been earmarked to…
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News clipping – Campaigners claim Newcastle city centre cycle plans are off track
Journal (26 June 2014) Campaigners claim Newcastle city centre cycle plans are off track http://www.thejournal.co.uk/news/north-east-news/campaigners-claim-newcastle-city-centre-7328254
News clipping – Campaigners warn Newcastle risks losing millions of pounds in DfT cycle funding
Road.cc (24 June 2014) Campaigners warn Newcastle risks losing millions of pounds in DfT cycle funding http://road.cc/content/news/121741-campaigners-warn-newcastle-risks-losing-millions-pounds-dft-cycle-funding
Ambition programme wildly off track
Newcycling warns this week that Newcastle council risks serious ridicule. This comes after the group have carried out a progress assessment of the Cycle City Ambition Fund, see (1 and 4). Many projects are more than a year behind schedule…
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