Active Travel in Ceredigion – Have Your Say About Routes in Aberystwyth, Cardigan and Lampeter

We want to know more about walking and cycling routes that you use to get to work or to school with your children, so that we can create a more comprehensive map system in your local community.

A map has been produced by Ceredigion County Council showing existing routes in Aberystwyth, Cardigan and Lampeter. The Council would like to know if the route maps are accurate: do they meet standards and have any routes been missed?

Feedback from this consultation will help the Council to improve the existing routes by highlighting where improvements need to be made, so that routes can be made more user-friendly and to encourage more residents to use them to make active travel journeys.

Cabinet Member for Environmental Services, Assets, Transport and Carbon Management, Councillor Alun Williams said: “We already know that residents in the Aberystwyth area are making good use of the town’s cycling and walking routes, with new bike and scooter shelters in some schools being put to good use. But we are always open to suggestions of where we can improve our services, and are particularly interested in learning the views of children and young people on this consultation.”

The Council will also be holding community engagement workshops in Aberystwyth, Cardigan and Lampeter. For more information on these events and an opportunity to view the maps and provide feedback, please visit Ceredigion County Council’s website www.ceredigion.gov.uk/consultation. The consultation will close on Friday 27 November 2015. If you require further information after reading the consultation webpage, please email hpw@ceredigion.gov.uk or call 01545 572572.

Information about the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 and the relevant guidance documents can be found on the Welsh Government website: http://gov.wales/topics/transport/walking-cycling/activetravelact