Agenda item

The Head of Highway Maintenance submitted a report seeking authority to process a Cycle Track Order required for converting parts of Definitive Footpaths numbered SHE/270 and SHE/271 to a shared footpath/cycle track at Hutcliffe Wood in the Beauchief area.  The report stated that, at present, the footpaths were unsurfaced routes, but that it was proposed to convert parts of the footpaths to a shared footpath/cycle track and to construct a new section of footpath/cycle track linking the two footpaths.  It was explained that the footpaths would be widened to 2.5m and constructed from crushed stone, with short lengths where the path meets Hutcliffe Wood Road and Abbey Lane, finished with a tarmac surface.

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RESOLVED: That (a) no objections be raised to the proposed conversion of Definitive Footpaths numbered SHE/270 and SHE/271 at Hutcliffe Wood to a shared footpath/cycle track, as detailed in the report of the Head of Highway Maintenance and as shown coloured green on the plan now exhibited, subject to satisfactory arrangements being made with Statutory Undertakers in connection with regard to their mains and services that may be affected;

(b) authority be given to the Director of Legal and Governance to take all necessary action to convert the footpaths to a shared footpath/cycle track, under the powers contained within Section 3 of the Cycle Tracks Act 1984; and

(c) in the event of no objections being received, or all objections received being resolved, authority be given for the Order to be confirmed as an unopposed Order.