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Assurances on Greenway
PERHAPS my worries about the Crewe and
Nantwich Greenway were a little unfounded. The hedge along the
boundaries of the Barony Park and the public toilets in the area are
not, it seems, at risk after all.
Although the Greenway was
flagged as being three metres wide, and the initial plans seemed to
indicate that was from the back edge of the present footpath, I have
been assured that the route of the new pedestrian and cycle route is
flexible.
For instance, it will go on the
park side of the hedges, leaving them intact. Also, as it passes the
public toilets, its width will vary from the aforementioned three metres
so that it fits between the toilets and the courts that are part of the
sports complex. The toilets will not have to be demolished.
In fact, the Greenway will not
always hug the edge of the road. When it goes past Alvaston Hall Hotel
it will deviate from Middlewich Road and go around the edge of the
fields immediately in front of the hotel. That will add an extra minute
to the journey of cyclists I was assured by a charming young lady at the
information event at the Barony Park Sports Complex on October 14.
There was a lot of interest
shown in the maps and plans on display in the small room at the front of
the complex.
Work has already started on
"elements 1 and 2" of the Greenway route next to Queen's Park and the
King George V Playing Fields in Crewe. A leaflet (entitled "Connect 2")
published by Cheshire East Council says: "The remaining elements are at
the planning stage and it is anticipated that the work will be completed
by November 2011."
The route ends in the riverside
area at Snow Hill as far as Nantwich is concerned.
A FEATURE of the scheme is a portrait bench
which will have cut-out metal figures standing next to it. These, says
the leaflet, "can represent local icons, Cheshire characters, historical
figures or workers in local industries."
Just who will be chosen is up
to local people, we are assured. Comments about what "the bench should
symbolise" are being welcomed. Send your views to Cheshire East Council,
Delamere House, Delamere Street, Crewe CW1 2LL or e-mail:
Connect2@cheshireeast.gov.uk. The project manager is Phil
Tomlinson (01270 686421).
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