Rail to Trail Correspondence
PRESS RELEASES
Rail to Trail Project forms Active Travel Forum with twelve other organisations, both Somerset based and national. 06.09.21
MINISTERIAL
CORRESPONDENCE
03.12.21 Letter to MP re Sustainable Farming Incentives
We joined forces with other trailway groups in Somerset as well as representatives of the user groups of our routes to request the support we need on the ground to implement transform railways into trailways.
Letter to Prime Minister
08.09.20 from Chris Heaton-Harris MP
23.09.20 to Chris Heaton-Harris MP
11.11.20 from Chris Heaton-Harris MP
23.11.20 to Chris Heaton-Harris MP
21.12.20 from Chris Heaton-Harris MP
23.12.20 to Chris Heaton-Harris MP
DEFRA
We took part in a consultation with DEFRA for the new Agriculture Bill. Within the Environmental Land Management Scheme, it is proposed to provide 'public money for public good.' Please read our comments here.
NEWSLETTER
Solstice 2020
SURVEY RESULTS
See how the surveys we released across Somerset show overwhelming support for transforming our disused railways into accessible trailways.
One Question Rail to Trail Survey All Somerset
Rail to trail survey results for Wincanton to Bruton and intervening villages
RECENT GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
Recent government publications in support of improved active travel are spot on. However, there is a need for swift government legislation, funding and action on the ground to back them up.
Somerset Cycling Strategy 2012
Somerset ROWIP 2 - network assessments written in 2006 still apply
South Somerset Environment Strategy
Somerset Regeneration delivery plan 2009
Somerset's Future Transport plan
Highways England on Active Travel
Department for Transport on Active Travel
Public Health England on Active Travel
ASSOCIATED ARTICLES
Reaching our Active Travel Potential
A Plan for Fairly Decarbonising How People Travel
A Guide To Definitive Maps And Changes To Public Rights Of Way
Somerset Climate Action Network 2030 Target
Blocked by the burdensome estate
Study of disused
railways in England and Wales Potential
Cycle Routes John Grimshaw and Associates 1982 - Part 1 + Part 2
Camel trail brings in £3M to local tourism
Where it all started - Michael Dower's 1963 Greenways article in Architectural Review
Countryside
Commission. Disused railways in the countryside of England and Wales 1970
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