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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 25 13:34:31 2023
    Three new cycling and walking routes costing almost £1m are to be implemented across the county.

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking routes in the county.

    The three schemes are a pedestrian footbridge as part of the Salisbury River Park project; a cycling link between Devizes Road, Hilperton, and the A361/Elizabeth Way Roundabout; and an Amesbury to Larkhill cycle link.

    The Hilperton scheme, which costs £320,000, will link to the existing shared use paths and head along Trowbridge Road, with the existing footway widened to create a shared use path for both pedestrians and cyclists. It is expected to be completed in
    2024.

    The £200,000 for the Amesbury to Larkhill cycle link will fund the development and design of a scheme along Countess Road.

    In Salisbury, the pedestrian footbridge, which will cost £458,000, will link the coach park to Central car park, and will be completed by April 2024 as part of the first phase of the project.

    When submitting the bid, Active Travel England had indicated a funding allocation of £878,366 for Wiltshire, and so the council received around £100,000 more than the initial allocation.

    The council had originally prioritised the Salisbury and Hilperton scheme as the first and second priorities, while the Amesbury to Larkhill was identified as the sixth priority, but Active Travel England decided to award funding for these three projects.

    The council will now seek alternative funding sources for the other priority schemes.

    Cabinet member for transport Caroline Thomas said: “We’re delighted to receive more than our initial allocation from Active Travel England for these three projects that will offer safer walking and cycling opportunities in Wiltshire.

    “Choosing to walk, wheel or cycle can help to save people money, improve health and also reduce carbon emissions, and that’s why we’re committed to active travel as part of our Business Plan.

    “We look forward to the Salisbury and Hilperton schemes being constructed, while the Amesbury scheme can move forward to the detailed design stage thanks to this funding.”

    All schemes in the council’s bid had to meet a minimum assessment threshold to ensure they promote and encourage walking and wheeling.

    https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23535350.nearly-1m-spent-new-wiltshire-cycle-paths/

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  • From Mike Collins@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu May 25 15:23:37 2023
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking routes in the county.

    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 02:14:20 2023
    On 25/05/2023 09:34 pm, [email protected] wrote:

    Three new cycling and walking routes costing almost £1m are to be implemented across the county.

    [SNIP]

    You must have misheard.

    It was actually "Nearly £1,000,000 to be spent on new Wiltshire
    psychopaths".

    A clear reference to chav-cyclists like you.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Mike Collins on Thu May 25 21:57:19 2023
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 06:39:09 2023
    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel
    England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking >>> routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    But our economy is expanding, meaning there’s more money to deal with
    things like this. This isn’t always the case in the EU.

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    Spike

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  • From Mike Collins@21:1/5 to JNugent on Fri May 26 00:35:41 2023
    On Friday, 26 May 2023 at 02:15:44 UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
    On 25/05/2023 09:34 pm, [email protected] wrote:

    Three new cycling and walking routes costing almost £1m are to be implemented across the county.
    [SNIP]

    You must have misheard.

    It was actually "Nearly £1,000,000 to be spent on new Wiltshire psychopaths".

    A clear reference to chav-cyclists like you.

    I am glad the latest round on ECT has stopped you referring to cyclists as "Fairy-Cyclists".
    Maybe with some adjustment to your medication you will be eligible for day release into the community.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 02:26:13 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:57:21 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?
    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    What went wrong here?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxC1AlWWwAI-fvb?format=jpg&name=small

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 09:34:51 2023
    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:57:21 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel
    England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking >>>> routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?
    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    What went wrong here?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxC1AlWWwAI-fvb?format=jpg&name=small

    You seem to have the hots for Liz Truss.

    --
    Spike

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  • From Mike Collins@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 02:38:38 2023
    On Friday, 26 May 2023 at 05:57:21 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?
    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    Whoosh!

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 03:16:11 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:26:14 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Imagine getting this rate of return on your investment.
    No need for £500 000 000 bungs either like to Tata.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxDAP5YWIAA-vt9?format=jpg&name=medium

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 11:31:52 2023
    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:26:14 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Imagine getting this rate of return on your investment.
    No need for £500 000 000 bungs either like to Tata.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxDAP5YWIAA-vt9?format=jpg&name=medium

    Since the EU has no money of its own, where did this return come from?

    --
    Spike

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 05:16:20 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:16:13 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:26:14 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Imagine getting this rate of return on your investment.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxDb7apXgAADlwo?format=jpg&name=900x900

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 13:19:00 2023
    On 26/05/2023 05:57 am, [email protected] wrote:

    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new fairy-cycling and walking routes in the county.

    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    Chav-bikes?

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 05:20:27 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:16:13 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:26:14 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Imagine getting this rate of return on your investment.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxDb7apXgAADlwo?format=jpg&name=900x900

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Fri May 26 13:20:31 2023
    On 26/05/2023 10:34 am, Spike wrote:

    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:57:21 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel
    England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking >>>>> routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    What went wrong here?
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxC1AlWWwAI-fvb?format=jpg&name=small

    You seem to have the hots for Liz Truss.

    Didn't someone say that his preferences lay elsewhere?

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 05:30:24 2023
    Imagine these people deciding on your children's future.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxDfLCLWIAAQeut?format=jpg&name=medium

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 12:40:54 2023
    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 11:16:13 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 10:26:14 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Imagine getting this rate of return on your investment.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxDb7apXgAADlwo?format=jpg&name=900x900

    Perhaps the EU was a gilded cage that we wished to be free of at any price.

    Germany in recession - UK in growth.

    --
    Spike

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 12:51:21 2023
    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

    Imagine these people deciding on your children's future.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxDfLCLWIAAQeut?format=jpg&name=medium

    I think you have the wrong country - it’s Germany that’s in recession. Weak industrial activity, they say.

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    Spike

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to JNugent on Fri May 26 12:47:07 2023
    JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26/05/2023 05:57 am, [email protected] wrote:

    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel
    England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new fairy-cycling and >>>> walking routes in the county.

    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    Chav-bikes?

    Bikes get dredged up from Amsterdam canals at the rate of 15000 a year:

    <https://www.greenecoservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/amsterdam-dredged-bikes.jpg>

    --
    Spike

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to JNugent on Fri May 26 12:49:54 2023
    JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26/05/2023 10:34 am, Spike wrote:

    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:57:21 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: >>>> On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote: >>>>> On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel
    England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking >>>>>> routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    What went wrong here?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxC1AlWWwAI-fvb?format=jpg&name=small

    You seem to have the hots for Liz Truss.

    Didn't someone say that his preferences lay elsewhere?

    I thought that was just some black humour.

    --
    Spike

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Fri May 26 14:08:39 2023
    On 26/05/2023 01:47 pm, Spike wrote:
    JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26/05/2023 05:57 am, [email protected] wrote:

    On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote:
    On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:

    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel
    England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new fairy-cycling and >>>>> walking routes in the county.

    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    Chav-bikes?

    Bikes get dredged up from Amsterdam canals at the rate of 15000 a year:

    <https://www.greenecoservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/amsterdam-dredged-bikes.jpg>

    That's what the Mad Mason post had reminded me of!

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to Spike on Fri May 26 14:09:21 2023
    On 26/05/2023 01:49 pm, Spike wrote:
    JNugent <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 26/05/2023 10:34 am, Spike wrote:

    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 5:57:21 AM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> On Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 11:23:38 PM UTC+1, Mike Collins wrote: >>>>>> On Thursday, 25 May 2023 at 21:34:32 UTC+1, [email protected] wrote: >>>
    Wiltshire Council has been awarded £978,000 from Active Travel
    England’s Active Travel Fund 4 to create three new cycling and walking
    routes in the county.
    So they can rake more cheese out of the river?

    Since you left the EU, you are raking more disgusting items out of your rivers.

    What went wrong here?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxC1AlWWwAI-fvb?format=jpg&name=small

    You seem to have the hots for Liz Truss.

    Didn't someone say that his preferences lay elsewhere?

    I thought that was just some black humour.

    I couldn't possibly comment. He has never either confirmed or denied it.

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 07:59:36 2023
    Well worth the pittance we paid.

    TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT, IN FACT.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxEBUbYXsAYWa3K?format=jpg&name=small

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  • From JNugent@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 17:39:40 2023
    On 26/05/2023 03:59 pm, [email protected] wrote:

    Well worth the pittance we paid.

    TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT, IN FACT.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxEBUbYXsAYWa3K?format=jpg&name=small

    Gibberish from an expert in its production!

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 26 10:03:05 2023
    If the UK is such a "great" place to do business, then why did we have to bung an Indian company half a billion quid to invest here?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxEdlaVXwB0euC9?format=jpg&name=medium

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 21:52:05 2023
    [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    Well worth the pittance we paid.

    TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT, IN FACT.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxEBUbYXsAYWa3K?format=jpg&name=small

    Whose fact?

    --
    Spike

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 26 22:50:46 2023
    On Friday, May 26, 2023 at 6:03:07 PM UTC+1, [email protected] wrote:
    If the UK is such a "great" place to do business, then why did we have to bung an Indian company half a billion quid to invest here?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxEdlaVXwB0euC9?format=jpg&name=medium

    Randall Lee Rose
    The Express headline yesterday almost made me sick? They bigged up but didn't mention half a billion plus perks when they also implied Brexit is great. Stupid copy for ignorant people!

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