The hedgerows alongside cycle paths are far safer for wildlife than those beside roads.
The National Cycle Network is a network of cycle paths linking the whole country with 10,000 miles of traffic-free routes, quiet lanes and traffic-calmed city streets.
The route won an award last year as the best urban cycle path in the UK.
Is the review also considering the other point in the inspector's report concerning a segregated cycle path?
The cycle path was running into garage forecourts.
A further 6.6 km of off-road cycle path, including 3.8 km of improved canal towpath are due to open this summer.
Footways are covered by separate legislation and there is a comparatively straightforward procedure for converting a footway into a cycle path.
That means the development, again at no great cost, of the cycle path and the pedestrian footpath set away from the road.
