New link will help a healthy lifestyle (From Worcester News)
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New link will help a healthy lifestyle
12:40pm Monday 18th February 2013 in News
NEW WALKING LINK: Joey Gough, seven, helps to open Penny Brick Way. 0713245702
A NEW walking and cycling link has opened in Worcester with council chiefs hoping that it will help to make the city healthier.
Penny Brick Way was opened in a ceremony at St Mark’s Church, Bath Road, Worcester. Transport chiefs at Worcestershire County Council have been working with Sustrans to develop a number of walking and cycling links which access the new Diglis Bridge across the river Severn.
The new link has been developed in partnership with St Mark’s Church and the Diocese of Worcester who have agreed to a new shared use path for walking and cycling going through the church grounds.
The path, which runs bet-ween Orchard Street and Bath Road, provides a route to a new crossing on Bath Road which people can use to access Cherry Orchard School via the Duck Brook Pedway.
The cost of the project, which was funded via the Big Lottery Fund and the council’s Connect2 scheme, was around £240,000.
The name Penny Brick Way was chosen after a competition for pupils at Cherry Orchard School.
The winning entry was submitted by Joey Gough, a year two pupil, who was presented with a £30 cinema voucher by county councillor John Smith.
His winning name, Penny Brick Way, was inspired by a 1902 scheme to raise funds to build the church which involved the sale of penny bricks.
Coun Smith, the cabinet member with responsibility for highways and transport, said: “Worcester is a beautiful city and it’s absolutely essential that people have access to good walking and cycling routes to support the choice of healthy travel options around the city and beyond.”
Comments(2)
More Tea Vicar
says...
4:06pm Mon 18 Feb 13
If the paths are done well, brilliant. However, the paths that currently exist tend to lead from nowhere to nowhere, and are virtually unusable, poorly designed, and forcing pedestrians and cyclists onto the same carriageway, which is almost worse than useless.
If the path is better than those that currently exist, great.
If not, then this is another classic case of the Council looking busy, and doing nothing.
Lew Smoralz says...
1:56pm Mon 18 Feb 13
More low-cost initiatives like this one, enjoying as much in grants as possible, and the quality of life in the city will benefit considerably.
Anyway, congratulations to all involved. Well done to Joey as well, we must never forget the cities history.