Warrington gets its very own pop-up cycle lane

[thirdcrank]

I thought Warrington were exceptionally and famously prone to this kind of stuff? Wasn't it the Warrington Cycle Campaign who started the Web site about poor cycle lanes?

Which may prove that highwaymen are indifferent to "name and shame." That's as well as generally being plain indifferent.

[Pete Owens]

I thought Warrington were exceptionally and famously prone to this kind of stuff? Wasn't it the Warrington Cycle Campaign who started the Web site about poor cycle lanes?

Famously, but by no means exceptionally; highway authority index here:
http://wcc.crankfoot.xyz/facility-of-the-month/site-map.htm#LA
In general the standards in Warrington are actually less awful than elsewhere

[Pete Owens]

And another one that was highlighted in the local rag - though I suspect this was something that was scheduled to be done anyway and they sae an opportunity to grab some of the covid-19 funding:
https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/137727/
OK this is an adequate recreational greenway standard - smooth tarmac 3m wide (though not wide enough for social distancing during the pandemic). But you would have thought they would have cut back the shrubbery as part of the job if only to keep it out of the way while they were working on it. And it is a very short section - it doesn't get as far as https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/84321/

[RickH]

And another one that was highlighted in the local rag - though I suspect this was something that was scheduled to be done anyway and they sae an opportunity to grab some of the covid-19 funding:
https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/137727/
OK this is an adequate recreational greenway standard - smooth tarmac 3m wide (though not wide enough for social distancing during the pandemic). But you would have thought they would have cut back the shrubbery as part of the job if only to keep it out of the way while they were working on it. And it is a very short section - it doesn't get as far as https://www.cyclestreets.net/location/84321/

That bit was resurfaced in early March - I had to use the diversion as they were actively working on it when I rode that way on 4th March. That predates any COVID-19 money.

Edited to add: it was definitely open again with the new surface on 30 May (the next time I went that way) but I suspect it was finished & re-opened before lockdown happened in March.

Here's the relevant bit of my track on Strava.

Click to enlarge

[Pete Owens]

So it does look like the council is trying to pull a fast one then:
https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/18505701.council-making-big-changes-cycle-lanes-footpaths-across-warrington/
The graphic from WBC is giving the impression that the work is a response to covid - and from the comments it seems that while the groundwork was started in March (thus obviously not actually intended as temporary emergency infrastructure) the actual resurfacing happened in May (so can be passed off as such).

And it still doesn't excuse failing to clear the vegetation.

[Pete Owens]

The good news is that it has now gone.

Presumably the temporary lane stayed just long enough for the council to get a grant from Shapps. Though they might have been over-cautious in that respect - in some places these things have only lasted a matter of days.

[reohn2]

The good news is that it has now gone.

Presumably the temporary lane stayed just long enough for the council to get a grant from Shapps. Though they might have been over-cautious in that respect - in some places these things have only lasted a matter of days.

What a coincidence,I rode over the Mersey bridge this very afternoon and was rather disappointed I wasn't protected