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Blackpool bike hire closed for the winter as council seeks new funds

Andrew Forster
21 December 2012
Blackpool bike hire: council exploring public health funding
Blackpool bike hire: council exploring public health funding

 

Blackpool Council is looking for new sources of funding for the town’s bike hire scheme, which has been closed down for the winter as a cost-saving measure. 

Launched in 2009, Blackpool’s ‘hire a bike’ scheme was one of the first mass bike hire operations in the country (LTT 28 Aug 09). Five hundred bikes were provided at 50 docking stations in the town.

The scheme was closed last month following the council’s decision to withdraw £75,000 of support as...

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