"A LONG-STANDING ban on cyclists using paths in the Meadows may have to be scrapped – because it is illegal.
"It emerged today that signs painted on the walkways to deter cyclists from quieter areas of the beauty spot could fall foul of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act."
"A LONG-STANDING ban on cyclists using paths in the Meadows may have to be scrapped – because it is illegal.
"It emerged today that signs painted on the walkways to deter cyclists from quieter areas of the beauty spot could fall foul of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act."
Just because a ban is illegal doesn't mean anything will actually get done about it: Colwyn Bay/Rhos on Sea/Penrhyn Bay/Llandudno promenades have for years had signs up saying cycling not allowed (from before I moved there). These were challenged and it was found that byelaws permitted cycling in most places (the interpretation of the byelaw was still being debated for Llandudno last time I heard anything about it). Now that they've 'built' a cycle lane along that route, apparently cycling is banned on any part not within the pair of white lines even though the old byelaws are still current. The police and the council have completely contradicting views on where you can and cannot cycle - at least I know I'm allowed to cycle on the road which runs parallel to it and has a few less potholes in it!
Just because a ban is illegal doesn't mean anything will actually get done about it:
The Land Reform Act overrides anything the Council may have done. Any ban and signs are most likely illegal. It doesn't surprise me that the "cycle friendly" council have not removed them, their action s speak more loudly than their words.
"A LONG-STANDING ban on cyclists using paths in the Meadows may have to be scrapped - because it is illegal.
i predict the council will do nothing unless the pressure is maintained. I wrote 3 times to Scottish Water and my local council access officer to try and get "No Cycling" signs removed from the entrances to Milngavie Reservoir. Nothing was done. After a year I wrote to my MSP who got things moving and the signs were gone in a week.
"A LONG-STANDING ban on cyclists using paths in the Meadows may have to be scrapped – because it is illegal.
"It emerged today that signs painted on the walkways to deter cyclists from quieter areas of the beauty spot could fall foul of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act."
Just because a ban is illegal doesn't mean anything will actually get done about it: Colwyn Bay/Rhos on Sea/Penrhyn Bay/Llandudno promenades have for years had signs up saying cycling not allowed (from before I moved there). These were challenged and it was found that byelaws permitted cycling in most places (the interpretation of the byelaw was still being debated for Llandudno last time I heard anything about it). Now that they've 'built' a cycle lane along that route, apparently cycling is banned on any part not within the pair of white lines even though the old byelaws are still current. The police and the council have completely contradicting views on where you can and cannot cycle - at least I know I'm allowed to cycle on the road which runs parallel to it and has a few less potholes in it!
peter
You were never allowed to cycle along the promenade from Seacombe to New Brighton, either - something which annoyed me intensely when I was 13. I had a shouting-at by a policeman more than once.
The "promenade" is/was a highway, it should be said. Complete with two footways and a normal-width carriageway.
