Next steps – New lockers and maintenance station

We’re really excited to be taking the next steps with our Community Ebike Hire project.

We have been successful in attracting support from the council to further improve our storage, bike parking and maintenance facilities in the town. This will include the installation of 4 bike lockers and a maintenance station in the council car park on Commercial Road, Oldmeldrum. We will also install a further 2 lockers alongside our main storage facility on Colpy Way. These new lockers will greatly improve the flexibility of our Community Hire Scheme by making short term hires possible. Currently we hire bikes in 7 day blocks due to the need for volunteers to be present at each rental and return. The lockers will enable us to offer much more flexible terms to repeat customers and should greatly improve our utilisation while not creating a significant extra burden for our volunteers. 

We will also be providing hoops to secure bikes in the town square making it more likely that cyclists will be prepared to park their bikes when visiting local shops and cafes. This should encourage folk to use their bike more when visiting the town centre and will be great for cyclists using local cafes. Finally, the existing, underused storage shelter in the Baker Street car park may be removed and more parking spaces will become available there.