This weekend a new shipping container to serve local cycling needs for
the area of Clapton Park and Kingsmead estates has been delivered and
placed into the Concorde Centre Youth Club yard. It's been a long time coming. The funding for this was sourced by Interlinkx
CiC back in 2008, It came from the REAP
grant scheme that was
made available to the locality as a way of balancing the loss of the
South Marsh to make way for the 2012 London Olympic car park. The
original plan was to set up a development facility for skate boarding
and cycling activities under the East Cross flyover at the eastern side
of Mabley Green on Lea Conservancy Road. This idea got shelved (despite
having been supported by a decent grant) due to a technical planning
permission
issue but happily a centre will open close by; The
project under the flyover was to be named 'The Bridge' 'it lives :)
This new space will be hub for cycling enthusiasts to access cycle
mechanic training and a meeting place to go on
organised, structured cycling trips and tailored to suit coaching
sessions for all abilities and ages. This place is set to serve as a day
to day cycling provision for those that would rather stay local and as an alternative to heading over to the soon to be opened Lea Valley VeloPark that is just up the road.
Keir Apperley (Interlinkx CiC)
Daubeny Adventure playground circa 1976
2008 - 2012
What's worth having is worth waiting for...
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