Liberal Democrat councillor Paul Hodgkinson had called out 'dreadful, dangerous' defects on nearby roads, but the race's organiser says the route to be taken by the pros on stage seven is safe
on surrounding roads, saying it is"ironic" that the race is visiting when other roads would risk injuring those travelling by bicycle.
We have no issues to report with the stage seven route, which will be driven by our Route Director for the final time as scheduled later this week ahead of the 9 September. "With the Tour of Britain coming through the Cotswolds soon, it's ironic that some other roads not being used by the bikes are in a dreadful state," the councillor said."Cyclists would be seriously at risk if they used them. Roads like the Whiteway between North Cerney and Chedworth are appalling and have been so for ages.
"We pay over £30 billion in car tax and fuel duty and nothing like that is ringfenced for the maintenance of the roads," Colin Pierce said."In Chedworth we have some appalling road conditions which have been allowed to get worse."The parish council has to stand up for us and insist that these roads are resurfaced, that they need total repair. We've got cyclists and pedestrians injuring themselves and damage to cars.
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