Histon & Impington residents would be able to use a new off-road route linking Histon and Cottenham if proposals for a new Greenway are approved.
Plans for the new route – which starts in St Ives – include a 3m-wide hard path being built parallel to the Oakington Road from Westwick to Cottenham, plus a 2m-wide grass verge for soft surface users such as horse riders.
This would mean that pedestrians could use the popular Gun’s Lane footpath to start an off-road walk to Cottenham. The proposed Greenway also links with the Cambridge-St Ives Busway at Westwick.
This is one of 12 proposed Greenways, which aim to make local walking, cycling and horse riding journeys safer and easier – connecting villages along the route to each other and Cambridge.
A consultation on the plans has been launched by Greater Cambridge Partnership, with an online survey that will remain open until midday on Friday 31st March.
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