Somerset & Dorset Railway Tunnels In Big Lottery Fund Vote

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The people of Bath are being urged to get behind a bid to scoop £1 million of lottery funding to open up a four-mile route for cyclists and walkers (link below.)
http://thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=163490&command=displayContent&sourceNode=163316&contentPK=18965822&folderPk=89126&pNodeId=163047

The Two Tunnels Greenway scheme is a £1.8 million bid to open up two old railway tunnels to the south of the city.

It is one of 79 projects to create walkways and cycle paths which make up environmental charity Sustrans' Connect2 package , which is in the running for £50 million of lottery money.

It is up against three other bids for the money from the Big Lottery Fund in a TV web and telephone vote.

Each project will be the subject of a programme on ITV1 in the week beginning Monday , December 3 , with Connect2 being featured on Tuesday, December 4.

Online voting will open at 9am on Monday , November 26, at www.the peoples50million.org.uk.

Telephone voting will take place from December 7 to 10.

The Two Tunnels path would link the Bristol to Bath cycle path to the Colliers Way route at Midford , following the route of the old Somerset & Dorset Railway through Devonshire and Combe Down tunnels.

Combe Down tunnel is owned by Wessex Water, though I am not sure exactly what they use it for. Remember venturing a short distance into it when I was a youngster but its boarded up now. (I have relatives living in that area of Bath)
A funny story I read in an S&D book I have is that WW contractors had to reverse one of their vans the entire lengh of the tunnel when they ventured into it and found the other end had not been opened!
I look forward to seeing the program

Wessex Water are believed to have bought the structure to safeguard their water supply - they have an extraction borehole at Tucking Mill. They are also believed to be happy to facilitate its reuse as a shared use path.

I encourage people to vote for this as it will release funds for at-risk structures such as Tucking Mill viaduct as well as bringing the old route back into some sort of use. Your vote will help.

Mark

http://www.twotunnels.org.uk/

If you want to support the scheme , ring 0870 2424 602.

Calls from a BT landline cost a maximum of 10p and the line closes at noon on Monday , December 10.

Online voting can be done at www.thepeoples50million.org.uk .

More in the link below.
http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=180730&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232315&home=yes&more_nodeId1=163047&contentPK=19170814

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