Council list ‘too many cyclists’ with fly-tipping + speeding as pandemic 'challenge'

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A road.cc reader said he was "less than amused" with one of the questions included in a survey from Hart District Council about the community's recovery from the pandemic, which appears to suggests 'too many cyclists' is as high up the list as bonfires, fly-tipping and speeding drivers when it comes to things that peeved residents.

Question 11 of the survey (screenshotted above) lists "bonfires, increased fly-tipping, cars speeding, more noise, too many cyclists" as suggestions for 'challenges' that residents may have faced during their time in lockdown.. The road.cc reader who sent it to us also commented: "It appears that from Hart Council's perspective, being a cyclist is now akin to an environmental crime such as noise or fly tipping."

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After receiving further backlash on social media, Hart District Council have now said it wasn't their intention "to single out or offend cyclists". They claim cyclists were included in the list of pandemic 'challenges' faced by residents because of a lack of sufficient infrastructure to accommodate it, and that they want to rectify this.

https://road.cc/content/news/cycling...ly-2020-275047