Taunton

“This seems so dangerous”: Bumbling council contractors install barrier in middle of cycle path

Barrier has now been removed after exasperated locals ridiculed the "stupid" addition

Fri, Aug 29, 2025 15:49
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Council shuts down cyclists’ calls for “urgent repairs” to “slippery and very uneven surface” at notorious cobbled roundabout, as ‘no funding available’ despite crashes

Local cycling campaign tells council "many cyclists have told us that they find this junction scary" due to surface, but only minor repairs could be funded

Mon, Jan 06, 2025 17:40
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“People who cycle don’t use cycle paths because they aren’t very safe”: Plans for traffic-free cycle route criticised due to prospect of dog walkers and pedestrians “having to jump out of the way of cyclists trying to do Personal Best times”

“We aren’t going to get people cycling down there at 30mph weaving in and out of people with pushchairs”

Fri, Aug 16, 2024 14:38
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Cyclists, 13, have bikes stolen after being “deliberately driven at” and threatened

Avon and Somerset Police said the teenagers were unharmed but left shaken following the incident

Tue, Feb 07, 2023 10:53
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Improvements to “unsafe” roundabout shelved as major cycle route scaled back

Somerset West and Taunton Council say rising construction costs are to blame for the decision, an excuse a local cycling group said “doesn’t hold water”

Mon, Sep 19, 2022 20:43
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Taunton cycle safety operation sees police stop 24 cyclists and three motorists

Campaigners say unsafe nature of stretch of road contributes to high volume of pavement cycling

Sat, Mar 30, 2019 18:23
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