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    David Nutter
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    I posted a while ago about the removal of the bicycle parking outside the town centre Safeway in
    Durham. This afternoon I got a reply, long after I'd given up expecting one:

    Dear Mr. Nutter,

    I'm sorry for the delay in responding to your enquiry.

    Both cycle racks near to the Millburngate Centre are to be re-installed following the environmental
    improvement works in North Road. Our Northern Area Office tell me that they are waiting for some
    benches to be installed first, as these are heavy and will require some mechanical equipment to move
    them into place. The cycle racks may get in the way of this, and will therefore be put in
    afterwards.

    I have noticed several bikes tied to railings recently, and agree that the parking facilities need
    to be put back into place as soon as possible.

    I hope this answers your enquiry.

    Yours sincerely,

    Ben Dellow

    Better late than never I suppose 🙂

    Regards,

    -david, happy that he'll no longer have to walk any distance with panniers full of orange juice

    ObBikeRelated: Bit brisk this morning, wot? My fingertips were an interesting shade of blue when I
    got to work.

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  2. Colin Blackburn
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    David Nutter said:

    I posted a while ago about the removal of the bicycle parking outside the town centre Safeway in
    Durham. This afternoon I got a reply, long after I'd given up expecting one:

    I sent a post at the same time as you and got an immediate reply, I think I mentioned it here though
    I didn't quote it. My reply was pretty much the same as yours but without mention of the benches.
    What I still don't get is why they are doing things in this order. They have finished all the paving
    to a reasonably high standard. Next they will rip up some of the paving to put in the benches and
    racks and then relay the paving.

    Colin

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  3. David Nutter
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    Colin Blackburn said:
    David Nutter said:

    I posted a while ago about the removal of the bicycle parking outside the town centre Safeway in
    Durham. This afternoon I got a reply, long after I'd given up expecting one:

    I sent a post at the same time as you and got an immediate reply, I think I mentioned it here
    though I didn't quote it.

    Interesting, did you send it by e-mail or a more "respectable" communications medium?

    Quoted message said:

    My reply was pretty much the same as yours but without mention of the benches. What I still don't
    get is why they are doing things in this order. They have finished all the paving to a reasonably
    high standard. Next they will rip up some of the paving to put in the benches and racks and then
    relay the paving.

    Yes, I did wonder and console myself with the thought that things the council do are not meant to be
    understood by mortals. Viz the mysterious cones on the bit of the A691 that goes up from the
    Passport Office to County Hall. They seem to stop where the actual work (at the top of North Road)
    begins. Very strange...

    Regards,

    -david

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  4. Colin Blackburn
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    David Nutter said:

    Colin Blackburn <[email hidden]> said:

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    I sent a post at the same time as you and got an immediate reply, I think I mentioned it here
    though I didn't quote it.

    Interesting, did you send it by e-mail or a more "respectable" communications medium?

    email.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    My reply was pretty much the same as yours but without mention of the benches. What I still don't
    get is why they are doing things in this order. They have finished all the paving to a reasonably
    high standard. Next they will rip up some of the paving to put in the benches and racks and then
    relay the paving.

    Yes, I did wonder and console myself with the thought that things the council do are not meant to
    be understood by mortals. Viz the mysterious cones on the bit of the A691 that goes up from the
    Passport Office to County Hall. They seem to stop where the actual work (at the top of North Road)
    begins. Very strange...

    Yes, I've not worked out the coneage near that roundabout at all. Two and sometimes three of the
    roads will have apparently pointless (though still pointy) cones.

    The biggest mystery of all is the new cycle bridge. It seems to me that the developers of the new
    houses have put in a pedestrian footbridge for the residents to get over the A690 but called it a
    cycle bridge, it certainly has steps as well as ramps. It seem to serve no pupose for cycles as far
    as I can tell at the present.

    Colin

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