Re: Bristol-Bath cycle path was Re: York's Latest Offering

On 30/06/2007 10:17, Marcus Red wrote:
Danny Colyer wrote:
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I thought they were illegally installed and were supposed to be removed a few years back?

You thought right. My understanding is that planning permission for construction of the bridge (which is privately owned) was given on the basis that it had to form part of a cycle route. The owners then decided they didn't want cyclists using it, so they installed the barriers and erected signs advising cyclists to dismount. The barriers were installed without planning permission, despite the owners having been told by the council that planning permission would be required. The council served an enforcement notice a couple of years ago, but have failed to enforce it.

If it was South Gloucestershire Council I'd be fighting hard to have them removed. As it's Bristol City Council, and as I only go that way once or twice a year, I haven't bothered.

It's not actually on the Bath-Bristol cyclepath, but as it's on one of the main routes from the path to the centre of Bristol I think I might raise the issue at the next railway path users meeting, particularly given that the meetings are chaired by Bristol's cycling officer.

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