We’ve renewed safer cycling and dog control measures following public consultation
RBWM has released the below statement about its safer cycling and dog control measures:
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Cabinet has agreed to continue measures helping to promote responsible dog control in public places and encourage safer cycling in town centres.
The decision follows a public consultation and means two Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs), legal orders first introduced in April 2021, have now been extended for a further three years, before they expire next month.
What are the measures?
The first PSPO allows our Community Wardens and the police to enforce existing no-cycling rules by asking cyclists to stop and dismount in the busy pedestrianised areas of Peascod Street, Windsor and High Street, Maidenhead. After considering consultation feedback, Cabinet has asked our officers to carry out a follow-up consultation on a suggestion put forward by several local cycling groups, to amend this PSPO so it only operates from 10am to 5pm.
The second PSPO means anyone caught dog-fouling in a public place anywhere in the borough will continue to risk a £100 fixed penalty notice. The order also allows our wardens or police to ask a dog owner to put their pet on a lead if it’s loose and causing harassment, alarm or distress in a public place.