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Hamish Belding

Jun 15, 2026

71:24
But you'd like it to go faster.
71:26
So yeah, I guess the pace of what's being built is, it's taking a long time to, to see these visions and ambitions being rolled out across the city during COVID.
71:40
Um, during that spell, the council used COVID measures to very quickly create a strategic network across the city, connecting communities, allowing people to get out and walk and cycle.
71:56
But what we've seen since after that is that pace really slowing down.
72:02
We haven't seen a huge amount of progress.
72:04
Um, I think you, you pointed out to me earlier, it was something like that in two years we've seen something like two miles of strategic network actually being built, which is not really an awful lot considering the size of the city.
72:17
So I think there's, there's a, there's a real sense of, I guess, you know, people wanting to see m- more progress quicker, particularly in areas that are not yet connected to those networks.
75:47
Yeah, 'cause they feel safe.

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