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http://www.southwark.gov.uk/news/article/637/southwark_supports_the_times_cities_fit_for_cycling_campaign
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"We wholeheartedly welcome The Times' "Cities fit for cycling campaign" and would like to add Southwark Council's name to your paper's new cycling covenant.
We agree that our country's roads need to be safer for cyclists and so in partnership with the local Southwark Cyclists group and cyclists across the borough, we are working towards the goal of making Southwark one of London's safest borough for cyclists. We have earmarked nearly £4million to spend on improving cycling infrastructure and within the next five years we hope to have a new network of safe routes for cyclists with a pledge to keep as many of them as possible free from motor vehicles."*
It seems that everything is coming together to bring about a political will to improve safety for cyclists. Southwark Cyclists gave a slide presentation on 26 January to Councillors (including Cllr Peter John) and senior Council transport officials. Peter John was "excited" at that meeting at the prospect of the Council working with Southwark Cyclists' representatives (by way of a dedicated team) in setting an example to other boroughs on developing a safe cycle infrastructure.
We are now collating emailed suggestions (with contact details) of dangerous junctions/roads in Southwark, and of how existing safe cycle routes might be joined up. Prioritising the spend will be agreed by the Council/Southwark Cyclists review team, informed by the views of those who cycle in Southwark.