We’ve started a petition for a segregated cycle path on Union Street in Aberdeen. Please follow the link below to sign it. Note: you will need to confirm your email address on the site to have your signature confirmed.
https://www.change.org/p/build-a-cycle-track-on-union-street-in-aberdeen/dashboard
We initially tried to create this petition on the Aberdeen City Council website. On September 21st 2022 we submitted exactly the same wording to the council’s ePetition form. After more than a month and many followup emails which received no reply we contacted someone else at the council who informed us the petition had been rejected. When we looked online this morning it didn’t say rejected but “Requested”. I pointed this out to the person who eventually responded and shortly after the word got changed.
I asked why the petition was rejected and was given this reason:
“The Council of 29 June 2022 considered various options for Union Street Central within the City Centre Masterplan Update report RES/22/137. These options included for segregated cycle routes. The Council chose an alternative option.”
If the council had already decided what they were going to do on Union Street in June then why have a consultation and gather feedback from the public in October?
Aberdeen Cycle Forum 