Press Watch: City to get £270,000 bike lock-up
Date submitted: 8 March 2010
A new £270,000 facility for cyclists is to be built in York city centre.
The city council has approved plans to convert a former electricity sub-station beside Lendal Bridge into a "cycle hub".
The facility will have parking, washing and changing facilities, repair services, a shop and cafe.
The council said the hub could "create a city centre focal point for cycling and help promote York as a progressive centre for sustainable transport".
The facility will be run by the Bike Rescue Project, a not-for-profit organisation which restores and then sells unwanted bikes.
Work on the conversion of the building will begin later this month. It is expected to be open by early autumn.
More Information: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/8554252.stm
