Neglected Cycleway/footway.

Neglected Cycleway/footway.

Pictures taken 17th. July 2014.

The grass has been cut (roughly) and the residue just left.

It is the same story every year since this path [001.jpg] (Little Burton Farm Lane) has been opened (it has received Little or virtually no maintenance). They have just cut the grass, but they have left the skin-ripping, eye-tearing-out brambles, and bushes.

The pedestrian side is completely taken over by vegetation.

Foliage is down to face level, which gets worse when wet.

We do not have a lot of provision for cyclists, one would think that the powers that be could maintain what we have properly.

Only this week I have returned from a 350 km cycle ride in Germany 90% of which was on excellent traffic free cycleways, returning to Ashford is such a let down, especially with so much litter. Do we want to attract tourists or don't we?

Cycle tourism is VERY popular in Germany  

and no litter.

~ some of the thousands of touring cyclists who pass through the small town of Rheinsberg, in Germany], Holland, etc; the Summer season is upon us. We are not ready for an invasion of cycling tourists.

It is all so frustrating.

From a letter sent  to Highways, local authority, media, etc