Comments on: 3.8.2 http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/552/382/ A Place To Talk About Birmingham's Big City Plan Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:04:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Neil Houston http://bigcitytalk.org.uk/552/382/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Neil Houston Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:45:57 +0000 http://bigcity.paradisecircus.com/?p=552#comment-226 I'd agree regarding the quality of the surface around the canal, once you leave the 'main' centre, i.e towards wolverhampton it's suddenly grass/chips; when wet with the amount of cycle and foot traffic it doesn't end up the best and is hard to traverse.<br><br>Also like Nicky said, once you are in the network, you have no idea where you are spatially compared to the landscape and roads etc. <br><br>That said, the network is lovely, and just needs to be considered more so than it has. I'd agree regarding the quality of the surface around the canal, once you leave the 'main' centre, i.e towards wolverhampton it's suddenly grass/chips; when wet with the amount of cycle and foot traffic it doesn't end up the best and is hard to traverse.

Also like Nicky said, once you are in the network, you have no idea where you are spatially compared to the landscape and roads etc.

That said, the network is lovely, and just needs to be considered more so than it has.

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