Editing Chester (section)

===Cycling===
There are a series of colour-coded signposted cycling routes around the city.

On 19 June 2008, then [[Secretary of State for Transport]] [[Ruth Kelly]] named Chester as a [[cycling demonstration town]].<ref name=CycleEngland>{{cite web |url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/cycling-cities-towns/ |title=CycleEngland |publisher=Cycle England |access-date=9 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519000604/http://www.dft.gov.uk/cyclingengland/cycling-cities-towns/ |archive-date=19 May 2009 }}</ref> This initiative allowed for substantial financial support to improve cycling facilities and a number of schemes were planned.<ref name=CycleChester>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/cycling/cyclechester.htm |title=CYCLEChester |publisher=CYCLEChester |access-date=9 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616042038/http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/cycling/cyclechester.htm |archive-date=16 June 2009 }}> Also:{{cite web |url=http://www.chestercyclecity.org/ |title=Chester Cycle City |publisher=Chester Cycle city |access-date=9 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606050411/http://www.chestercyclecity.org/ |archive-date=6 June 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Potential schemes included a new pedestrian and cycling bridge across the River Dee, linking the Meadows with [[Huntington, Cheshire|Huntington]] and [[Great Boughton]]; an access route between [[Curzon Park]] and the [[Roodee]]; an extension to the existing greenway route from [[Hoole]] to [[Guilden Sutton]] and [[Mickle Trafford]]; and an access route between the Millennium cycle route and Deva Link. However, following a reorganisation of the local authorities effective 1 April 2009, the Conservative-led administration of the newly established [[Cheshire West and Chester]] council was not supportive, so comparatively little was actually achieved.

Many of the ideas generated at the time were captured in a ''Cycle Chester Masterplan'' document.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chestercyclecity.org/?p=682 |title=Cycle Chester Masterplan – A Cycle Friendly City Centre |website=Chester Cycling Campaign |access-date=12 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413072753/http://www.chestercyclecity.org/?p=682 |archive-date=13 April 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>