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NEWCASTLE CYCLEWAYS MOVEMENT INCORPORATED 
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Bike Plan Revision ~ Newcastle Cycleways Movement has been advised that both local councils will be updating their bike plans during the coming financial year. NCC is already working closely with NCM representatives on issues that relate to their LGA. As of October 09, we have had no contact yet from LMCC as to when or how they propose to further the bike plan revision. A number of members have worked on a Google Map (click here to open it) that shows some of the points already recognised as being in need of attention. NCM would like to elicit as much constructive thought on what should be included/excluded from the information shown on the map so that we can have a very comprehensive proposal to take to both councils. You should email to NCM's email address the details of the issues that you would like considered so that they can be included in the next version of the proposal. It is not NCM's expectation that you review each and every aspect of what has been done, because we know that time is precious, and you probably aren’t aware of many of the areas that are shown. On the other hand if you do want to contribute to that extent, great, and please feel free to do so. What we would like you to do is to look critically at the areas that you regularly ride. Let us know what things need fixing, could be done better, or just make things unsafe for you. We should look critically at the mediocrity that is served up as cycling facilities and identify it so that we can at least ask for it to be fixed, rather than continue to accept the crap that is served up to us. Please don’t think that any issue is too small. This may be our only opportunity to get it before the people who count so that it can be fixed. Your input is really important. None of us knows all of the areas nor all of the problems, so by doing this, you will not only be helping yourself, but others too. To identify the proposed action, double click on the icon that you are interested in, and the name and action proposed will be displayed. To view some area specific proposals, click on NCM Hexham Proposal or DS Belmont Proposal. If you have not had experience working with Google Maps, the attached file may help.
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