Agenda item

Mend our Mountains Projects

Mollie Hunt, Research & Monitoring Officer for the Peak District National Park, updated the LAF  Members on the Mend our Mountains and North America path works that have been going on.

North America - the works have been going on now for a couple a months and  approx. 750m have been completed.  There is  work still to do on this path and  the stretches that hadn’t been repaired had suffered in the recent storms, but the plan is  for the contractor to go back in November to finish it off. 

Cut Gate – Nothing has happened this year, but work is planned for next season.

Great Ridge – Progress is being made with access agreements with landowners.  A planning application is about  to be re-submitted,  and there is also a bid to be submitted for additional funding  of  £30,000 which will hopefully be successful and work is aiming to start in September.

Access Updates

The Chair updated the Forum regarding the lack of diversity on the Forum, that had been raised at the meeting in December, and that he had had talks with Mike Rhodes and Gyl Millward about the possibilities,  and these were being followed up with the appropriate people, so was in hand but not yet in place.