Two footpath projects in the village are now complete, thanks to this year’s grant received from the Parish Paths Partnership. All official (numbered) footpaths through the woodland on Chipperfield Common now have new signposts. Last month, Parish Councillors Brenda Berners-Price and Mark Jarrad assisted Clayton Ray, DBC’s Rights of Way Officer, checking the paths and locating sites for the sign posts, with the contractors following and putting the posts in position. The grant has also paid for barriers to be installed on Footpath 14 (from the Croft Estate to Scatterdells Lane) to prevent motorcyclists roaring down the path at considerable danger to walkers and aggravation to residents.
The horse track alongside Langley Road is almost complete and should be open this month to riders as soon as additional safety fencing is installed.
The on-going project to link footpaths through the village has moved a step nearer with a successful bid for funds for this from the Parish Paths Partnership for 2005-6.