Rights of Way Improvement Plan
(ROWIP)
The ROWIP is a strategic assessment of the
adequacy of the rights of way network to meet current and future
demand (for walking, cycling and riding for recreational or
utilitarian purposes) and will provide strategic aims and
objectives for the development and management of the network in the
future.
Although the ROWIP is focused on public rights
of way, it is also concerned with the adequacy of other tracts of
land that the public might use to complete their walk, cycle or
ride (e.g. canal towpath or public open space) insofar as those
tracts of land contribute to a wider network of routes available
for walking, cycling or riding.
Worcestershire County Council published
their first Rights of Way Improvement Plan in 2007, which will
influence the improvements on footpaths, bridleways and byways for
people to walk, ride, or cycle in the County over a10 years period
to 2017 at a strategic level (it will not address individual issues
on individual rights of way). The Plan is available to download. An
Action Plan is currently being reviewed and a revised Plan will
available covering the period of April 2012 to March
2014.
There are strong links between the ROWIP and the Local
Transport Plan, as the rights of way network can play an
important role in providing more sustainable modes of transport for
both leisure and utility journeys.
Worcestershire's Rights of Way Improvement
Plan now forms one of the sub strategies of Worcestershire's third
Local Transport Plan (2011 – 2026).
This page was last reviewed 23 March 2012 at 15:48.
The page is next due for review 19 September 2013.