New active travel infrastructure is planned for Sheffield... but one car repair business owner says it will 'kill trade' cycling
>"Cycling is for everyone": Council leader responds to claim he"doesn't like cycling because it's too middle-class"
Sheffield City Council expects 1,500 homes to be built in the area during the next 20 years and says it is responding to demand.Councillor Mazher Iqbal, Committee Chair for Transport, Regeneration and Climate change said: “There is a huge amount of regeneration work taking place across the city, and it’s important that we make it easier to travel by public transport, cycling and walking.
“Our aim is to make our neighbourhoods pleasant places to live, and help people feel able to choose sustainable transport options. These proposals will help towards that.”But Matthew Windle, who runs a car repair business in the area, told the BBC that lorries would face higher costs as they would have to go through the city’s new clean air zone, and that the new road layout would mean losing passing trade.
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