Sunday 14 April 2013

DfT money for cycling in the National Parks - an important message!

The government is going to award £12 million to the National Parks in England for developing cycling, walking and public transport links. It is expected that there will be bids for a slice of this money from most if not all of the parks, but not all will be successful. A consortium of local authorities and the Peak District Park Authority, led by Derbyshire County Council, is making a bid for building a route based on part of Peak Cycle Link's "White Peak Loop". This will be the stretch between Matlock and Buxton railway stations and includes the Woo Dale link from the Monsal Trail into Buxton, the opening of the Haddon Hall tunnels and a new bridge over the A6 trunk road. The consortium's bid has to be in by the end of April 2013. Sustrans is supporting the whole venture.

We need letters of support from anyone who has a good story to tell. Have you benefited from better health as a result of cycling? Are you and your family fitter from walking or cycling? Have you been inspired by the Wiggo effect? Do you believe that your cycling or walking is benefiting the environment? A positive answer to any of these questions, or any other benefit you can mention, represents a good letter to your local MP who will in turn be inclined to endorse the project and pass your message on to the DfT. You can find your MP by putting your postal code in the www.parliament.uk website. MPs around the Peak Park area are: 
Andrew Bingham, High Peak
Karen Bradley, Staffordshire Moorlands
Nick Clegg, Sheffield Hallam
Patrick McLoughlin, Derbyshire Dales
Write to them (or other MP) at:  House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Please write now because of the deadline. Thank you.








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