Ealing Council to install 50 new bike hangars and make them the cheapest in London

By Joe Acklam

3rd Feb 2023 | Local News

Ealing bike hangars will now be the cheapest in London. Photo: Cx327.
Ealing bike hangars will now be the cheapest in London. Photo: Cx327.

Ealing Council have announced that they will be installing another 50 new bike hangars around the borough following a consultation in December 2022. 

The first 25 of these bike hangars will be put up this spring and an additional 25 will follow before the end of summer 2023, this comes as part of the council's goal to install 150 hangars by 2026. 

Ealing Council ran a public consultation in December in which people could request specific locations where they would find it useful to have a hangar. 

Council leader Peter Mason said: "Helping more people to cycle, as well as walk and scoot as a way of getting around is a really important part of our commitment to fighting air pollution and the climate crisis. 

"Following our recent consultation, we are planning to install another 25 of our new bike hangars in the coming weeks, with another 25 more to be installed before the end of the summer. 

"And this is just the start. We are working towards our ambitious target of having at least 150 bike hangars by 2026." 

In addition to new bike hangars being installed, the cost of having a space one has been reduced from £6 to 70p per month, making them the cheapest in London. 

Councillor Deirdre Costigan, the council's cabinet member for climate action, said: "We are determined to increase the number of cyclists in the borough and to help people who want to cycle but who may not have the safe and accessible storage they need. 

"Bike hangars are a great and cheap solution, especially now that we have slashed costs from £6 per month to just 70p per month, the cheapest in London. 

"When we launched our active travel charter last year, we promised to work with you to make improvements and the best decisions together.  

"In December, we asked you to tell us the locations where you would like new bike hangars installed and how you thought we should pick future locations. 

"We believe that local people know their areas best, so we used what you said, along with data about suitability and demand, to make sure that our new bike hangars are installed in the places that make the most sense." 

     

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