Footpath update...and a sign of great things to come?

A most welcome update on the Tufton footpath works from our newly-re-elected Hampshire County Councillor, Tom Thacker:


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The works for the footpath under the bridge are ordered and the team will let me know the start date shortly.

(see below for where these works are to be done - moving the 'No Stopping' sign back from the road edge and establishing a footpath from the Nun's Walk intersection to under the bridge)

 

The team have also told me that we are also progressing a study looking at a potential footway/cycleway from Tufton to probably the allotments/Micheldever Road area. The study will commence in late June/July as the land survey needed is programmed for early June.

The study will identify what is feasible and the likely cost of the works. A decision can then be taken as to whether it is progressed further or prioritised higher than other measures we have identified elsewhere in the town. 

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In addition to these works, a request (21015315) has been made to have the vegetation cleared back from both the footpath surface and the adjacent hedgerow at the town end of the current footpath, just where there is the off-road turning loop. This is critical as now spring has arrived the growth is typically strong there, nettles slowly forcing people on bikes and foot ever closer to the road and 60MPH traffic.