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>https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/hs2-contractors-to-turn-temporary-roads-into-320km-cycle-path-20-04-2022/
>In order to build the high speed rail line through the English countryside, temporary roads must be built all along it for the workers to access the site. In his last Parliamentary report, rail minister Andrew Stephenson said he has asked HS2 Ltd to look into repurposing these roads into walking and cycling schemes, which can then be conjoined with other local pathways to create one super footpath. Stephenson says this would “provide a wider active travel network along the spine of HS2”.
>The plan is to create a 3m-wide cycle path adjacent to a 2.5m-wide footpath, separated by a grass verge. It will run in parallel to the HS2 track but be separated from it by some distance.
>The funding for the project is likely to come from the government’s £2bn cycling and walking budget, rather than from HS2’s budget. However, The Sunday Times reports that a Downing Street has not yet fully approved the scheme as it is unconvinced whether it will be popular.
>If the full 320km path from London to Manchester is completed it will become one of the country’s longest trails, almost as long as the Pennine Way.
What a good idea - recycling construction access roads is a good thing, but it'd also serve as a carrot to offer people along the route, in the form of a walking/cycling leisure path they can use.
>In order to build the high speed rail line through the English countryside, temporary roads must be built all along it for the workers to access the site. In his last Parliamentary report, rail minister Andrew Stephenson said he has asked HS2 Ltd to look into repurposing these roads into walking and cycling schemes, which can then be conjoined with other local pathways to create one super footpath. Stephenson says this would “provide a wider active travel network along the spine of HS2”.
>The plan is to create a 3m-wide cycle path adjacent to a 2.5m-wide footpath, separated by a grass verge. It will run in parallel to the HS2 track but be separated from it by some distance.
>The funding for the project is likely to come from the government’s £2bn cycling and walking budget, rather than from HS2’s budget. However, The Sunday Times reports that a Downing Street has not yet fully approved the scheme as it is unconvinced whether it will be popular.
>If the full 320km path from London to Manchester is completed it will become one of the country’s longest trails, almost as long as the Pennine Way.
What a good idea - recycling construction access roads is a good thing, but it'd also serve as a carrot to offer people along the route, in the form of a walking/cycling leisure path they can use.
