Save the Railway Path

The council meeting is online, in Windows Media and Real Player formats. Here is a breakdown of events by time.

0.11.38 - declarations of interest (Malik)
0.12.52 - 00.46.02 - personal statements (Goodwin)
2.21.44 - motion / main debate (Bolton)
2.26.06 - seconding the motion & LibDem amendment, stating a bus route will never be acceptable
          (Rogers)
2.27.44 - Labour/BCC fudging the LibDem amendment by using a ‘point of order’
2.57.52 - more shambles in the chamber
2.58.20 - voting on 1st amendment, supporting amendment and expressing disappointment with Mark
          Bradshaw (Bolton)
3.01.00 - vote count
3.06.28 - wining the vote
3.07.00 - Labour redrafting their amendment
3.09.40 - Labour present their amendment and ‘clarifying’ the Council’s position and using the need
          for more consultation to fudge the issue (Mark Bradshaw, also clearing his name)
3.11.50 - LibDem attempt to get labour amendment rejected
3.12.20 - Labour/BCC issue is about preserving ALL cycle paths and trying to ‘clarify’ BCC position
          (Terry Cook, new city champion for cycling)
3.14.10 - buses and bikes don’t mix (Cook)
3.26.10 - final vote and rejection that the Labour amendment "doesn’t categorically rule out bus
          rapid transit on the Bristol to Bath Cycle Path" (Bolton)
3.34.20 - losing the vote, i.e. Labour amendment passed
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3.36.10 - post vote and further debating by councillors
3.37.20 - West of England Partnership (Holland, leader of the Council)
3.44.00 - (Comer)
3.49.00 - chamber reminded of the need for a democratic process (Kent)
3.53.00 - Conservative argue for shared transport routes (Eddy)
3.58.00 - Exposing the Labour Council for signing-off bids without proper debate or anything on
          paper (Hopkins)
4.03.36 - the proceedings are a disgrace to the public who bother to come to watch (Gollop)

(thank you to Martyn Whitelock for doing the timings)