The Local Transpoprt Plan for Fareham & Gosport of which Hampshire County Council have issued a draft version for the public to comment on it and the proposed associated strategy.
The only snag is, I suspect it is too boring for you, my readers.
i have to say that i am currently on Page 18 (of 47) and it isn’t the most exciting document I’ve ever read, to the extent it will probably take me two or three nights to wade through it.
The thing with Gosport is that walking and cycling in the area are, surprisingly, quite well catered for, there are quite few routes that incorporate cycling, perhaps the main one being the old railway trackand numerous others around the town.
The bus service is really quite good. Speaking selfishly as I don’t know if coverage across the whole of town is as good as it is for me all I know is that I can walk to the high street, and typically within 15 minutes be on one of two fast buses to Fareham,, and a few slower buses if need be. They take advantage of the track of the old railway line up to Fareham which has been turned into a fast route for buses and cyclists. Although that has been marred recentlky by a bout of serious anti-social behaviour, that was quite destructive. It seems to have been resolved now, but I’m not sure what the outcome was.
It strikes me that there are only a few things that could be done, such as giving the buses more priority at traffic lights, but I don’t see how they could do that. I suppose that something might be said about it later in the draft document. I’ll have to wait and see.
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