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Cornwall County Council is now over two years into its £2.01M programme of improvements (PPIP) to our bridleways and footpaths .

All bridleways and footpaths have been allocated a priority status of "Gold", "Silver" or "Bronze". Over 50% of paths are Gold. Only Gold paths are being renovated under the PPIP programme. More information on the County Council web Site http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=15663

The work is scheduled on a parish by parish basis. For the latest schedule on when parishes are being worked on see CC Parish Timetable

The programme has fallen behind the Original Schedule and we do have some concerns as to whether the programme is going to deliver all the improvements we had anticipated. However, despite this, much good work has been achieved in many parishes with fantastic renovations achieved on many bridleways..

The situation, as we understand it, is as follows:

We (bhsaccesscornwall) are doing our best to check that Gold bridleways supposedly completed under PPIP have in fact had the basic requirements for our safety satisfactorily addressed. ie Safe surface, safe openable clear gates, safe cleared width and head height. We cannot personnally inspect every bridleway in the County. We therefore will rely on you the riders who ride them to help us. The County Council tell us they are working hard to improve their problem reporting and management system which should enable them to give us better information in the future.

HOWEVER WE DO NEED YOU TO SEND US REPORTS ON BRIDLEWAYS BOTH GOOD AND BAD.

THE GOOD REPORTS ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT ------ IF YOU FIND YOUR BRIDLEWAY(S) HAS BEEN IMPROVED OR CLEARED, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW

IT WON'T TAKE YOU A MOMENT
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