FREE bikes for all school children that cannot afford them and grants and loans to other children? (SNP in free bikes pledge, April 12). Nicola is to pledge this on behalf of the SNP, but where are the children to safely use their bicycles?
In the village where I live, the road to the primary school is short and very narrow and the children have to it share with 40+ tonne delivery lorries, which have insufficient turning space and so often have to back down the road. Moreover, both the road surface and the intermittent pavement are so cracked and pitted that they are a danger even even to careful pedestrians!
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Surely this situation must be tackled before bike riding is even encouraged? Surely providing safe cycling ways or even first mending the potholes should come BEFORE the cycles?
Valerie Waters
East Lothian
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