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Norwich cycle scheme celebrates famous Norfolk figures Stephen Fry figure unveiled in Norwich
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Three famous Norfolk figures have been immortalised in steel to mark the completion of a £311,000 cycle scheme. Figures designed by children of Stephen Fry, Lord Nelson and Edith Cavell have been unveiled in Norwich.
Life-size models of Edith Cavell, Stephen Fry and Horatio Nelson have been placed around a new "portrait" bench near Norwich train station. The trio, who all have links to Norfolk, have been immortalised in sheet steel around a "portrait" bench, near the city's railway station
The city council ran a competition last year in schools situated on the new cycle routes, inviting children to submit designs of local figures. The winning designs were chosen by the city council after it ran a competition in schools.
It is part of the Sustrans' Connect2 project to improve cycling in the city. Councillor Bert Bremner said: "It would be interesting to know what Stephen Fry would make of it."
He added: "They're so good and we hope people will stand next to them and have their pictures taken."
The life-size models mark the completion of a £311,000 city cycling project, funded by charity Sustrans and the Big Lottery Fund, to include new cycle and pedestrian routes and reduced speed limits for motorists on some roads.
The figures are based on winning portraits by local pupils Charlotte Smith, Rufus Child and Peter Allen.The figures are based on winning portraits by local pupils Charlotte Smith, Rufus Child and Peter Allen.
Norwich City councillor Bert Bremner said: "They're so good and we hope people will stand next to them and have their pictures taken.
"It would be interesting to know what Stephen Fry would make of it - he's sometimes here supporting Norwich City."
The £311,000 project has been funded by the Big Lottery through the green transport charity Sustrans.
Work carried out in north-east Norwich includes a new shared cycle and pedestrian route across Mousehold Heath, a new path to link the Open Academy with Sewell Park College and a new shared path at Gurney Road, where a 20 mph speed limit has also been introduced.