Two Tunnels Greenway

.cite web | url= http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/transportandstreets/walkingandcycling/cycling/twotunnels.htm | format= PDF | work= Bath & North East Somerset Council | title= The Two Tunnels Shared Use Path | accessdate= 2007-10-03]

Route

The route will follow a disused railway trackbed from East Twerton through the Bath suburb of Oldfield Park through Devonshire then Lyncombe Vale and Combe Down Tunnel, previously part of the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, across Tucking Mill Viaduct to Midford. [cite web|url=http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/os_routes/show/610|title=Two Tunnels Greenway, Bath|work=Explore|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=2008-07-09] The new route will link Bath and the National Cycle Route 24, convert|2.5|mi|0 south of the city.

History

NCN24, crossing Midford viaduct, at the south end of the 'Two Tunnels' route, opened in 2005. Sustainable transport charity Sustrans has met with success with its bid for National Lottery funding to start construction of the route. A 'Two Tunnels Steering Group' has been established, consisting of the Two Tunnels group, Bath and North East Somerset Council and Sustrans, to ensure the route's successful development. [cite web | url= http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/Committee_Papers/Executive/Exec070307mins/070307zAppx2FrankTompson.pdf | format= PDF | work= Bath & North East Somerset Council | date= 7 March 2007 | title= Statement by Frank Tompson of "Two Tunnels Group" | accessdate= 2007-10-03]

Development plans include the installation of artistic lighting and CCTV within the tunnels. [cite web|url=http://www.proudoftwerton.com/news_april_II_2008.html|title=The Two Tunnels Project|date=April 2008|work=Proud of Twerton|accessdate=2008-07-09]

ee also

* National Cycle Network
* Combe Down
* Combe Down Tunnel
* Bath, Somerset

References

External links

[http://www.twotunnels.org.uk/ Official website]