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Question 37 - we asked:

Trimdon, Trimdon Colliery, Thornley, Wingate and Wheatley Hill are all within reasonable cycling distance of each other, but at present anyone cycling between them has to venture onto national speed limit roads with no safe cycling provision. What solutions would you prioritise to enable people to cycle more in the area?

Options could include:
* a good shared-use path on the A181
* closing some of the back lanes to through motor traffic to provide quiet connections for walkers and cyclists
* improving footpaths and bridleways such as Green Lane

We asked this question only in Trimdon and Thornley.

1 of the candidates responded as below.

Those candidate(s) which were elected are highlighted.

Chris VARTY
(Labour & Co-operative)

I agree things can get a bit hairy on some of the National speed limit roads, l would be delighted to look at all the options and talk with those people from all the relevant organisations to come to the most positive conclusion.

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