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Cyclists may be banned from popular time trial racing route | Cyclists may be banned from popular time trial racing route |
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Cyclists could be banned from a stretch of road regarded by some as the "the jewel in the crown" of time trial racing. | |
Highways England has applied for a Traffic Regulation Order to stop cyclists using the A63 between Hull and North Cave over safety concerns. | Highways England has applied for a Traffic Regulation Order to stop cyclists using the A63 between Hull and North Cave over safety concerns. |
The road forms part of the v718 time trial course, a 10-mile route seen as one of the fastest in the country. | The road forms part of the v718 time trial course, a 10-mile route seen as one of the fastest in the country. |
Humberside Police says it will back Highways England's application. | Humberside Police says it will back Highways England's application. |
More stories from across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire | More stories from across East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire |
Highways England said there had been six accidents involving cyclists in the past five years, including one fatal collision. | Highways England said there had been six accidents involving cyclists in the past five years, including one fatal collision. |
It says it is seeking the ban "in the interests of road safety". | It says it is seeking the ban "in the interests of road safety". |
Cyclists are forbidden from using motorways and stretches of the A1 where it is deemed to be a motorway or where there are roadworks. | |
A similar bans also exits on stretches of the A19 in Teesside. | |
Cyclist and bike shop owner Ed Neilson said the v718 course, which runs between North Cave and North Ferriby, is popular with riders from across the UK. | Cyclist and bike shop owner Ed Neilson said the v718 course, which runs between North Cave and North Ferriby, is popular with riders from across the UK. |
In 2015 Sir Bradley Wiggins rode the course in an attempt to set a new British 10-mile record. | In 2015 Sir Bradley Wiggins rode the course in an attempt to set a new British 10-mile record. |
"People travel from all over the country to this course, it really is the jewel in the crown of British time trialling," he said. | "People travel from all over the country to this course, it really is the jewel in the crown of British time trialling," he said. |
"It's one of the fastest courses in the country." | "It's one of the fastest courses in the country." |
He said it brought "business in" and was "part of the community and it's part of cycling history and it really does need to be defended". | He said it brought "business in" and was "part of the community and it's part of cycling history and it really does need to be defended". |
He said he believed the stretch of road was "pretty safe", adding that during the same five-year period there had been "271 car accidents with four fatalities". | He said he believed the stretch of road was "pretty safe", adding that during the same five-year period there had been "271 car accidents with four fatalities". |
PC Darren Storr, from Humberside Police's Traffic Management Unit, said the stretch of road was "not deemed to be a safe and appropriate environment for such activities to take place". | PC Darren Storr, from Humberside Police's Traffic Management Unit, said the stretch of road was "not deemed to be a safe and appropriate environment for such activities to take place". |
Highways England's Emergency Planning Manager Andrew Charnick said: "The safety of everyone who uses our roads is our highest priority. The A63 is a busy road and a large number of HGVs leave the docks and use the route to join the M62. There are alternative, safer routes available for cyclists." | |
The deadline for objections is 19 February. |
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