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Council approves spending £1.7million on new cycling route through Ancoats

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direct to your inboxManchester Council has approved plans to spend £1.7million on a new city centre cycling route through Ancoats.The proposal is much-anticipated after council bosses chose not to install cycling lanes as part of the £9.1million upgrade of Great Ancoats Street which is in the final stages of completion.The inner ring road scheme promised to deliver a tree-lined 'European-style boulevard' with improved crossings when it was announced in 2019.

But cycling campaigners, residents groups and the Lib Dem opposition all fiercely criticised the decision not to include cycle lanes.Manchester Council leaders have always maintained that Great Ancoats Street is not suitable for cycling traffic and promised parallel routes would be.

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