Cycling UK threatens council with legal action over 'unlawful' decision to keep rat-run open cycling
has threatened a council with legal action if it will not reconsider its controversial decision to keep a known rat-run open to motor vehicles.
"Children were able to cycle and travel safely while KHB was closed," he said. "I felt safer too and without rat-running traffic the streets I call home became a better place to live with a growing sense of community. However, a report commissioned by the Keyhole Bridge Group and authored by independent body KMC Transport Planning concluded the decision to reopen was based onThe analysis by KMC suggested that the closure could result in a positive financial impact of £8.5 million over a 20-year period.
"As it stands this decision has no rational evidence base, which is why Cycling UK is asking the council to reconsider, on a lawful basis, their decision to keep Whitecliff Road open to motor traffic."
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