Petition · past parliament · Department for Transport

Fund canal towpaths improvmennts for a network of traffic free cycle routes.

Closed 30 signatures

What the petition asks

Divert a small fraction of the road maintenance budget from roads to improving towpaths by making them tarmac and 2m wide.
As we have seen by the increase in cycling during the COVID19 lockdown, there is a need to improve cycling infrastructure because our roads are so dangerous for cyclists. Towpath cycling would provide an instant long-distance traffic free cycling network to compliment the existing Sustrans network for very little cost.

Timeline

24 Jul 2020 Petition opened for signatures
24 Jan 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 30
Status Closed
Department Department for Transport
Opened 24 Jul 2020
Closed 24 Jan 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.