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Monsal Viaduct (picture courtesy Peak District National Park Authority).jpgNew Forest's loss means gain for five other national parks as they share £2.7m DfT cycling cash
Three months after the Department for Transport (DfT) withdrew £1.5 million in funding for cycling from the New Forest National Park Authority (NFNPA), transport minister Robert Goodwill has announced it is funding £2.7 million for cycling projects in five other national parks in England.
The DfT withheld the money, part of a £3.6 million grant made in August 2013, after the NFNPA decided to scrap a planned £2 million cycle hire scheme and visitor centre, instead proposing other projects.
One of those, costing £1.25 million, had been strongly criticised by cycling campaigners as being little more than routine highway maintenance, and in November, rejecting that and one other planned project, Mr Goodwill said the DfT had “taken the decision to reallocate this money to other schemes.”
It appears that Dartmoor, the Norfolk Broads, the Peak District, South Downs and Yorkshire Dales have benefited in part from the New Forest’s misfortune, with today’s announcement revealing the latest national park cycling projects the DfT will fund. In a press release, it said:
• Dartmoor has been awarded £675,000 to deliver 5 schemes, including additional routes, on-trail improvements and improved links to nearby areas
• Norfolk Broads will be given £715,000 to construct a shared cycleway footway connecting Wroxham/Hoveton to Horning
• Peak District will receive £430,000 to create a new short cycle link providing access from North West Matlock to the Monsal Trail
• South Downs will receive £450,000 to upgrade existing routes to create ‘easy access’ cycling facilities
• Yorkshire Dales will be given £450,000 to transform a stretch of the Leeds to Liverpool Canal creating a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales.
Mr Goodwill said: “I want to get more people on their bikes and this funding will open up cycle access to some of the country’s most scenic routes.
“It demonstrates the government’s determination to continue the cycling legacy generated by the 2012 Olympics and the launch of the Tour de France in Yorkshire last year,” he added.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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" Its a shame, the decent folk of the NF (the majority) are a victim of this, but good on the DFT and 2 fingers up to the idiots in charge within the NF for creating this mess. "
....... the decent folk of the NF got the Councillors they voted for ......
I think you are mixing up the National Park Authority (not elected) with New Forest District Council. The locals don't vote for the authority members they are appointed by the Sec of State and parish and district councils get to send representatives. The Authority has some full time expert employees and the lady that ran some of the Olympics participation is the CE.
But New Forest District Council is good as gold. They have a good cycling strategy but it only applies outside the National Park. They don't have responsibility within it. Locals seem to be fine with cycling and horse riding and fishing and and and. But there are some newcomers, new money, that want the NF pretty much to themselves.
This is a good move by the government basically squeezing the NFNPA to stop hanging around with bad influences. Start listening to the less squeeky wheels.
I think you are mixing up the National Park Authority (not elected) with New Forest District Council. The locals don't vote for the authority members they are appointed by the Sec of State and parish and district councils get to send representatives. The Authority has some full time expert employees and the lady that ran some of the Olympics participation is the CE.
But New Forest District Council is good as gold. They have a good cycling strategy but it only applies outside the National Park. They don't have responsibility within it. Locals seem to be fine with cycling and horse riding and fishing and and and. But there are some newcomers, new money, that want the NF pretty much to themselves.
This is a good move by the government basically squeezing the NFNPA to stop hanging around with bad influences. Start listening to the less squeeky wheels.
Its a shame, the decent folk of the NF (the majority) are a victim of this, but good on the DFT and 2 fingers up to the idiots in charge within the NF for creating this mess.
Superb. Well done DfT.
Everyone should go and use these new facilities (assuming that they materialise...) and spend as much as possible in those areas.
Great news for the South Downs!
Let's hope it's the Skipton to Gargrave stretch of canal, the A65 is almost unavoidable at the moment.
Good. A little mention for Northumberland NP who have been doing this:
http://www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk/parklive/news/news-pages/ne...
To be fair, NNPA haven't done it alone - Sandstone Way is a huge project, with some great social entrepeneurs involved as well as a full range of public sector partners like the county council and Northumberland Tourism.
In fact, the key lesson for the New Forest people is that god things require partnership working and collaboration - neither of them evident in the way the New Forest has tried to bulldoze anyone who disagrees with them.
Note to NFNPA [In your best Jim Bowen/Bullseye impression] "Come and have a look at what you could have won!"
"It appears that Dartmoor, the Norfolk Broads, the Peak District, South Downs and Yorkshire Dales have benefited in part from the New Forest’s slap-faced stupidity"
~there, corrected it for you
Good.
And I'm from the NF.
The NFNPA has made it pretty clear they don't like cyclists )and that not the locals). This will ruffle a few feathers. Not getting grants is like not getting oxygen for organisations like this.
The roads are still nice mind.