The General Council helps you to get going on 2 wheels

If you are a cycling, mountain biking or hybrid biking enthusiast
If you enjoy cycling for sport, leisure or family time…
If you enjoy lake shores, mountain passes, high mountain pastures, forest trails…

       

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Nearly 90km of cycle routes have been created […] 50km of which are dedicated Greenways.

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As part of the département-wide plan for improving the cycling infrastructure, “Haute-Savoie Greenways Cycle Routes”, in December of 2006, the General Council adopted a new plan of action for 2007-2011, in line with the overall goals of the project:

1. To promote the use of bicycles as a means of short-distance transportation
2. To support the development of leisure activities
   
3. To make cycling safer
   
4. To support tourism in Haute-Savoie
   
5. To bring together all initiatives to create a unified network

These goals translate into five actions:

1. Create cycling infrastructure on departmental roads (all roads beginning with a D)
2. Develop marked cycle tourism trails
   
3. Establish dedicated Greenways
   
4. Create cycling infrastructure for mountain and hybrid bikes
   
5. Offer assistance to municipalities

 

The goal over the next 10 years is to create a 300km, cycle-accessible network of low-traffic roads, cycle paths and cycle lanes, and Greenways.

Plan départemental Haute – Savoie Vélo Voies Vertes.pdf
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Plan départemental Haute – Savoie Vélo Voies Vertes Etat d'avancement.pdf
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Un grand rayon de VELO.pdf
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Today:

1. Nearly 90km of cycle paths have been created in Haute-Savoie, 50km of which are dedicated Greenways.
   
2. There are 46 marked cycle-tourism trails totalling 1,500km.

In the future:

1. 6 main Greenways cycle routes: (Lake Geneva – Mediterranean Sea, Lake Geneva – Mont-Blanc, Southern Shore of Lake Geneva, Sillon Alpin and the Eastern Shore of Lake Annecy, Swiss and Italian Borderlands, and Aravis)
   
2. New cycling events
   
3. Downhill trails and mountain/hybrid bike circuits open to all

Logistics for Greenways in the Haute-Savoie:

1. The General Council carries out the management of the work and the financing of the investment.
   It retains ownership of the infrastructure in order to assure its continued existence.
   
2. Local authorities handle the maintenance, the organisation and the management of the infrastructure.
   
3. Large maintenance works are carried out by the Département.

A wide range of “initiatives”.

The General Council helps mobilise their local partners to support cycling and encourages proposals of new projects.

The General Council in tandem with the municipalities and associations.

1. Create a network of interesting Greenways, cycle paths, cycle lanes and connections.
   
2. Make cycle access to schools safer.
   
3. Create crossings.
   
4. Support cycling associations and talented young hopefuls.
   
5. Support various events for cycling and mountain biking, such as VTT Cimes, stages of the Tour de France, etc.