{"id":43766,"date":"2021-10-30T08:58:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T07:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/?p=43766"},"modified":"2021-10-30T09:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T08:02:12","slug":"cycle-path-rethink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/cycle-path-rethink\/","title":{"rendered":"Cycle path rethink","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Section in Ajuda put on hold<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/cycle-path-extension-continues\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/10\/image-72-257x360.png\" alt=\"Work on rhe new cycle way\" class=\"wp-image-43768 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"257\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/10\/image-72-257x360.png\" alt=\"Work on rhe new cycle way\" class=\"wp-image-43768\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-72-257x360.png 257w, https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-72.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/madeiraisland.news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madeira News website<\/a>, with its automated news feed incorporating Google translate, has picked up reports from both local papers report that that the new leader of Funchal City Council, Pedro Calado, has had a rethink on the arrangement of the new cycle path that is being developed between Funchal and Ajuda, where it will connect with the existing cycle path that makes its way along towards Praia Formosa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One stretch of this had already been developed between the Lido and the edge of Ajuda when the new access road was developed a while ago (photo below), but a major hurdle seems to have developed at this point, outside the Baia Azul hotel. The Funchal-bound traffic has for some while been diverted down to narrow roads in front of the hotel, which has proved unsatisfactory &#8211; particularly as it rejoins the main road at exactly the same point where a major development is filling the gap between the Alto Lido hotel and the eastern edge of Ajuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-heading\">Change to cycle path always planned<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now it looks like 100 metres of the project will be suspended pending &#8220;new initiatives&#8221; involving properties to the north of the main Estrada Monumental,, which will allow the road to return to its original two-way operation. The project may be resumed in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/10\/cycle-path-360x240-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43769 lazyload\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2021\/10\/cycle-path-360x240-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43769\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">During the electoral campaign, Pedro Calado had already made the commitment to find an alternative to the problem of traffic congestion that currently exists in that area. The mayor considers it urgent to take a decision at this point in terms of the future, taking into account the foreseeable increase in housing that will be built in that western zone. For Pedro Calado, it didn&#8217;t make any sense, given the limitation of lanes, to favour a cycle path to the detriment of car traffic, which is currently a necessity for the entire population. The works were stopped, but they have already been resumed. Completion is scheduled for late January, early February approximately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-16-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;<\/strong>daily updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/coronavirus-upward-trend\/\">earlier&nbsp;post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-global-color-13-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Travel latest: requirements for entering and leaving Madeira<\/strong>: is kept up-to-date on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/travel-latest-entering-and-leaving-madeira\/\">previous post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section in Ajuda put on hold The Madeira News website, with its automated news feed incorporating Google translate, has picked up reports from both local papers report that that the new leader of Funchal City Council, Pedro Calado, has had a rethink on the arrangement of the new cycle path that is being developed between Funchal and Ajuda, where it will connect with the existing cycle path that makes its way along towards Praia Formosa. One stretch of this had already been developed between the Lido and the edge of Ajuda when the new access road was developed a while ago (photo below), but a major hurdle seems to have developed at this point, outside the Baia Azul hotel. The Funchal-bound traffic has for some while been diverted down to narrow roads in front of the hotel, which has proved unsatisfactory &#8211; particularly as it rejoins the main road at exactly the same point where a major development is filling the gap between the Alto Lido hotel and the eastern edge of Ajuda. Change to cycle path always planned Now it looks like 100 metres of the project will be suspended pending &#8220;new initiatives&#8221; involving properties to the north of the main Estrada Monumental,, which will allow the road to return to its original two-way operation. The project may be resumed in the future. During the electoral campaign, Pedro Calado had already made the commitment to find an alternative to the problem of traffic congestion that currently exists in that area. The mayor considers it urgent to take a decision at this point in terms of the future, taking into account the foreseeable increase in housing that will be built in that western zone. For Pedro Calado, it didn&#8217;t make any sense, given the limitation of lanes, to favour a cycle path to the detriment of car traffic, which is currently a necessity for the entire population. The works were stopped, but they have already been resumed. Completion is scheduled for late January, early February approximately. COVID-19 in Madeira:&nbsp;daily updates can be found&nbsp;in&nbsp;an&nbsp;earlier&nbsp;post Travel latest: requirements for entering and leaving Madeira: is kept up-to-date on a&nbsp;previous post<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":5,"featured_media":43769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-island-regional-people-headlines","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madeiraislanddirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}