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Maybe not this year, but you have to start somewhere

« on: January 16, 2025, 12:50:42 »

A mighty ambition, not sure where the money will come from:
https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-16-january-2025-312127#live-blog-item-64281
More detail at https://nation.cymru/news/plans-submitted-to-reopen-disused-victorian-tunnel-to-pedestrians-and-cyclists/
Hopefully won't take as long as the Heads of the Valleys road https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dxn7rj27go Only 23 years


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