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Plans to boost cycling as Brightwater expands A new cycling scheme could turn Brightwater into a ‘mini-Holland’ with a network of cycle lanes.
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he local council’s cycle plan includes cycle paths that will link the Science Park and new housing developments to the south. Councillor
Jean Peterson says, “Brightwater is one of the fastest- growing towns in the country. Nobody wants a town that’s gridlocked by cars so we need a cycling network that will encourage people to leave their cars at home.”
transport, according to a European Commission report. “Our aim is to bring the best of Holland’s cycle-friendly approach to Brightwater,” says de Wey. The scheme has a lot of local support. “This is the
sort of plan we’ve been talking about for years,” says David Chen of the Brightwater Cycling Group. “At the moment, cars have priority and cyclists’ journeys are very stop-start, but with separate priority lanes, cycling will become a real alternative.” Cycle Sustain will complete its report later this
month and it will form the basis for local consultation. Ibrahim Khan, Chairman of the Residents Action Group, says, “It’s critical that residents get a say in making the right decision.”
Cycling lanes in Amsterdam Cycling organization, Cycle Sustain, consultant to
the council, has plans for how this can be achieved. Director Tom de Wey wants to create ‘a mini-Holland’ scheme of cycling improvements. Thirty per cent of the Dutch population use cycling as a means of
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Correct the punctuation mistakes in each of the quotes.
a “It’s depressing seeing so many empty shops in the town centre” said local resident Clara Jones.
b Businessman Omar Mabsali says, “I can’t afford a 30% rent increase so I’ll have to close down my shop.
c Sara Ling, Press Officer at Enviroset, said, “We are doing everything we can to clear up the pollution in the river.” “we are confident the work will be finished by June.”
d The Business Manager for the council said “the expansion of the Science Park will create 1,500 jobs over the next five years”
e “The Midas festival has attracted some amazing local artists and bands, said Festival Director Jane Dune. “She added we are so delighted.”
FOCUS Punctuating quotes
We use quotation marks to open and close a quote. We start a quote with a capital letter. Examples “Brightwater is one of the fastest-growing towns in the country.”
For quotes of more than one sentence, the quotation marks go at the start of the first sentence and end of the last sentence only. Example “Brightwater is one of the fastest-growing towns in the country. Nobody wants a town that’s gridlocked by cars.”
If the quote comes before the name of the person who said it, we put a comma before we close the quote and a full stop at the end of the sentence. Example “This is the sort of plan we’ve been talking about for years,” says David Chen of the Brightwater Cycling Group.
If the quote comes after the name of the person who said it, we put a comma before the opening quotation mark and a full stop before the closing quotation mark. Example David Chen of the Brightwater Cycling Group says, “This is the sort of plan we’ve been talking about for years.”
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