A consultation has begun on improving walking and cycling routes in Reading.
Reading Borough Council has launched a public consultation into how to maintain and improve walking and cycling routes and rights of way in the town.
The council is currently devising an action plan to encourage more people to use foot and cycle paths, and is seeking public opinion about it.
One of the biggest proposals contained in the action plan is working with the developer at Caversham Park to allow members of the public to access some of the paths through the site.
The grand estate, which used to house the BBC Monitoring service, could be transformed into a housing development by applicants Beechcroft Developments (the scheme can be seen by typing references 220409 and 220410 into the council’s planning portal). Reading Chronicle: The former BBC Monitoring Site at Caversham Park. Beechcroft Developments is seeking to convert it into a housing estate. Credit: Reading Borough Council The action plan also proposes establishing new pathways and reinstating historic routes that have been lost.
The plan is officially called the Public Rights of Way Improvement Plan.
Additional measures it proposes is removing barriers to cyclists such as gates and narrow paths, and making sure paths are well lit.The decision to go into a consultation was agreed unanimously at a strategic environment, planning and transport committee meeting on Wednesday, November 16.The consultation details how the council will inspect rights of way to make sure they are adhered to.Councillor Tony Page (Labour, Abbey) said: “We have […]
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