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Wye Valley Communities for
Safe Cycling

We are delighted to have won the Sustrans' Connect2 bid as this has raised £370,000 towards the Tintern Railway Path.


Why not download and print out the poster shown above?

"Over the last five years, the strongest success story in walking and cycling has been the National Cycle Network, co-ordinated by Sustrans. At a time when cycling levels have been no more than steady, and walking in decline, cycling and walking on the Sustrans Network has risen steadily, increasing from 60 million journeys in 2000 to 126 million in 2003."
Walking and cycling: an action plan. Department for Transport 2004

 

  

Latest News - 8th April 2008

Exciting new proposals for a traffic free path for walkers, cyclists and the disabled between Chepstow, Brockweir and Tintern have been submitted for planning approval (April 2008).

Wye Valley Communities for Safe Cycling is a completely independent group of people interested in creating safe routes for walking and cycling in the Wye Valley. We support these plans and we want you to know why…

What is being proposed?

It is proposed that the disused railway line between Chepstow, Tintern and Brockweir be improved to provide an off-road route for walkers, cyclists and disabled access. This will pass through two old railway tunnels and involve building a new lightweight bridge at Tintern Old Station across the Wye at the site of a now demolished railway bridge. There will be ample parking at Tidenham Dayhouse quarry where most riders will start the route.

YOU CAN SEE THE PLANS FOR YORSELF AND TELL THE PLANNING AUTHORITIES WHAT YOU THINK OF THEM BY CLICKING ONE OF THE LINKS IN THE BOX ON THE RIGHT >>>

Why do we think it is a wonderful idea?

  • It links communities together safely and avoids the killer roads of the A466 and B4228
  • It supports health for kids and adults alike
  • It will improve our carbon footprint by saving on car journeys
  • It will give access to the environment, including a spectacular river crossing, for the disabled
  • Many users of multi-use tracks elsewhere are mothers with prams and dog walkers It provides a safe place for kids to learn to ride
  • It will provide sustain, low carbon tourism for Tintern, Tintern Old Station and Brockweir
  • The woodland edge created along the route is positive for birds, insects and flowers

Click here to read more about this imaginative and important proposal.

Find out about
Wye Valley
Communities for Safe Cycling
and
The Sustrans cycleway from Chepstow to Tintern and Brockweir Bridge

Read the Forest of Dean council report rejecting the original plans for the cycleway here, page 55 (PDF document)

 

  

What you can do

Your support is essential.

Please email your support to the following email addresses, explaining why you think planning permission should be granted.

Forest of Dean District Council quoting reference P1597/07/FUL . Look at the plans here Just copy and paste the reference number into the box labelled Planning Applications Reference.

Monmouthshire County Council quoting reference 2008/00367. Look at plans here. Just copy and paste the reference number into the box labelled Application Number.

 


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