Cash to help two wheels turn in Colchester (From Gazette)
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Cash to help two wheels turn in Colchester
3:22pm Monday 15th March 2010 in
MORE than 16,000 reasons have been given for people to take to two wheels in Colchester.
Grants totalling £16,117 were handed out by Cycle Colchester to support 11 projects to encourage people to get on their bikes, aiming to cut congestion and improve health.
The money came from a £4.2m pot awarded to Colchester as one of 18 towns and cities to be awarded Cycling Town Status.
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