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Skerries Cycling Initative
The aim of the Skerries Cycling Initiative (SCI) is to promote all aspects of
cycling in Skerries, including commuting, travelling to school/shops, recreation and sport.
The objectives of Skerries Cycling Iniative are as follows;
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Cycling in Ardgillan : the SCI will lobby for the abolition of the Fingal
County Council (FCC) bye-law preventing cycling in Fingal Parks. |
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Training school children : the SCI will pursue this goal with Fingal County Council's cycling skills co-ordinator. |
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Group Cycling Events : the SCI will promote cycle rides on the routes characterised by Hugh Halpin (who is the SCI secretary) in By Bike From Skerries which is on sale in the Skerries Bookshop. |
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Safer cycling routes: SCI will lobby Fingal County Council to improve the safety along routes from Skerries to Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan and Ardgillan. |
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Official designation of "cycling routes" by Fingal County Council, focusing on the routes described in By Bike From Skerries |
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Skerries Car Free Day |
Publications and Documentation
"Cycling Policy Submission" - (click here to view this document - 150kb)
This document was prepared by the SCI and submitted to Colin Buchanan
(Consultants), who are preparing recommendations to the Dept. of Transport
on the formulation of a new national cycling policy.
"Its The Wheel Thing" - (click here to view this document - 57kb)
This article on safe cycling in Skerries was written by the SCI Chairperson
Ray Ryan and published in the February edition of the Skerries News.
"Briefing Document For Fingal County Council" - (click here to view this document - 1.31mb)
Following the first meeting of the Skerries Cycling Initiative with Fingal County Council, we sent them, on their request, a briefing document which outlined Nine Projects on cycling (SCI Pr ojects 1-9) which require the assistance of FCC. This document explains the projects with diagrams where appropriate. They include cycling routes to Ardgillan, Balbriggan, Rush, Lusk, cycling routes to Skerries Community College, promotion of cycle training plus how to make cycling safer in Fingal, Car Free Day, Adoption of Hugh Halpin’s “By Bike from Skerries” cycle routes.
Local Cycling Routes - (click here to view this document - 32kb)
This article, on three local cycling routes, was written by the SCI Secretary Hugh Halpin and published in the March 2008 edition of the Skerries News.
News.
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Fun Cycle and Treasure Hunt
Skerries Cycling Initiative is organising a fun cycle to Ardgillan Park on the 24th of May.
A treasure hunt will take place in the park, with cycling accessories to be found by perceptive hunters.
Meet in the car park at Skerries Mills at 2.30pm.
Return to Skerries Mills at 5.30pm at the latest.
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SCI Meets Fingal County Council
The SCI had its first meeting with Fingal County Council on April 16th 2008. It was chaired by Senan Turnbull, Director of Services, Community, Recreation and Amenities Department and attended by representatives of the transportation department, sports department, parks department and representatives of Fingal Safe Cycling from Malahide. The SCI was well received but we were made aware of the lack of funding for cycling infrastructure. We referred to nine SCI projects that we have defined and, subsequent to the meeting and at their request, we sent FCC copies of our Briefing Document For Fingal County Council which details these projects.
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SCI Meets Dublin Transportation Office (DTO)
The Skerries Cycling Initiative joined the Dublin Cycling Campaign at a meeting on April 28th with Michael Aherne and Robert Parkinson who are cycling specialists at the Dublin Transportation Office (DTO), the transport think-tank. We raised the crucial issue of funding for cycling projects organised by FCC. They said that they had a few million euro per year for discretionary transport projects and suggested that FCC apply for funding for specific SCI projects. Obviously, we are extremely anxious to have a go at this and we have written to FCC about it, citing our Briefing Document as a source of project material.
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Contact SCI
Officers of Skerries Cycling Initiative
Chairperson and Skerries Community Association liaison: Raymond Ryan, raymondr@eircom.net
Secretary: Hugh Halpin, hhalpin@eircom.net
Treasurer: Dominic Carron, dom.carron@imagine.ie
Webmaster: Glenn Wearen, glennwearen@yahoo.com |
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