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It is a hot topic in Reading, the council want to build a bridge over the river Thames, which will take at current levels 3 or 4 times as many cyclists as the council estimate and which won't have any capacity for future expansion. The local cycle campaign are mounting a strong campaign to get it segregated and wider before it gets planning approval.
The nearest road bridge has been subject to a vigorous campaign by the police to prosecute cyclists riding on the pavement because it is the second most complained about anti social activity according the the Neighbourhood Action Group survey, yet this pavement is nearly twice as wide as the planned bridge.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/drivers-cyclists-nabbed-police-swoop-6126678
http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2013/10/05/93771-poles-apart-on-new-design-for-bridge/
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/new-cycle-bridge-design-hopelessly-6137080#comments