Construction of the new route is due to start on 31 July. It will run over 455 metres along Harbour Road from the Church of the Holy Spirit to the new industrial estate. This is the first phase of a planned cycleway linking Rye Harbour with Rye. The County Council will be developing further phases of the route for construction in future years.
The new path will provide a safer route for pedestrians and cyclists along Harbour Road. Currently there is no pavement along most of the road and there have been a number of accidents including a fatality involving a cyclist.
The new path was given approval by the Planning and Highways Sub Committee on 24 May. If all phases of the path are approved, it would link the A259 and Rye Harbour, encouraging visitors to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, a Site of Special Scientific Interest. And it would promote cycling and walking which are greener and healthier forms of transport.
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The proposal forms the first phase of an approved Local Area Transport Strategy for Rye that formulates a framework of transport investment in Rye until 2013, and involves building in phases, subject to planning approval and funding.
Further details are available from Agenda Item 6D at: Planning and Highways Sub-committee – 24 May 2006.
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