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PATH TO PROGRESS: Campaigners gather on Southborough Common
By Lilly Croucher HUNDREDS of cyclists from Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge Wells came together last week for a mass ‘ride along’ in a campaign for a dedicated, off-road cycle route between the two towns on the A26. It is a project that is reportedly supported by the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, but is currently being blocked by one member of Kent County Council. Almost 300 cyclists convened last Friday evening (June 9) on Southborough Common as part of
a ‘critical mass’ campaign organised by the Tunbridge Wells Bicycle Users Group (TWBUG). Paul Mason, organiser of TWBUG
‘People want a cycle path. We had people in the shops coming out clapping us’ was pleased with the turnout and told the Times: “It went very smoothly and we have what, 300 people here? I was looking at the plans at the beginning of the year,
and we wondered how many people would come, but it worked out really well. “Car-dominated societies are so engrained in the entire layout of our country, so you have to keep going to bring about political change.” Cyclists rode in a large group along the busy main road, with half of the riders starting from Five Ways in Tunbridge Wells and the other from Tonbridge Railway Station, where they were met with crowds clapping and cheering them along the route. Continued on page 2
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