Paths in towns and cities
This council calls on members of the Ramblers to contribute to the protection of open space in cities and towns by:
(a) opposing the diversion, unless of clear public benefit, or closure of paths that provide traffic-free walking routes to open space and ensuring that such routes are kept free of obstruction;
(b) claiming such paths for addition to the definitive map whenever possible;
(c) pressing for new paths to improve the accessibility of open space.
This Council welcomes the work of the London Walking Forum in coordinating the provision and protection of urban walking routes, and the promotion of their use; furthermore, it calls upon Areas to promote the formation of similar partnerships between official and voluntary organisations in other urban authorities.
