Tag: Active Travel
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Push Biking
The recent and successive cycle strategy documents from Essex and Maldon have failed to suggest what cycle routes on the Dengie could look like – so, I’ve had a go… [I should start by stating that the ideal situation would be a Dutch style network, including completely new cycleways taking the most direct line between…
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Stitching the Path: Connecting Disjointed Walk & Cycle Routes 1
A mission objective of the rECOnnect Dengie project is to improve the active travel infrastructure on the Dengie and get a safe network of routes connecting all the settlements. As I’ve noted previously, there are lots of good words about achieving this sort of thing in the strategy documents produced from the national level down…
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Weeknotes 02025 Q1 W5
DCAP We had our monthly meeting on Thursday and tried to do some Thermal Imaging of 4 homes at the same time – which was ambitious. The only way to make it work was to split the group in two and I wasn’t really happy with things working out that way. Earlier in the week…
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Link up Rural Areas
The latest Essex cycling & walking plan is out for consultation. I’ve just taken a quick look and this is my hot take. 4 of the proposed cycle routes go through the Dengie: Mid Essex Cycle Route 12 (Burnham-on-Crouch-Southminster-Tillingham-Bradwell-on-Sea) Mid Essex Cycle Route 13 (Maldon-Latchingdon-Mayland-Bradwell-on-Sea) Maldon Green Link 11 (Mundon-Purleigh-StowMaries) Maldon Green Link 19 (Cold…
Dengie Bioregion 