Agenda item

Gill Millward ( Countryside Access Improvement Officer, DCC) introduced the update on progress towards the delivery of Derbyshire’s Rights of Way Improvement Plan. The report had been circulated prior to the meeting and summarised the main work in progress in relation to each of the five RoWIP aims.

Under Aim 1 relating to the existing Rights of Way Network, the LAF thanked Gill and the DCC team for compiling the table listing all the routes on which the LAF had already provided comments and guidance, and for including information on the status of the work for each route. Further comments from the Forum were also welcomed. The LAF noted that the impact of inflation on material and other costs would need to be considered when costing and scheduling future projects.

Under Aim 2, it was noted that a joint subgroup with the DADLAF to review possible prioritisations of DCC Definitive Map Modification Order claims was to be set up later in the year.

Under Aim 3, it was agreed that a link to the Safer Roads Fund Consultations for Long Hill, near Buxton and the Via Gellia between Newhaven and Cromford would be circulated to the LAF once they were underway.