Fight for Greenway’s future moves forward

Today the 1702 signatures collected for the “Save Connect2 Kenilworth” petition were handed to Warwickshire County Council (WCC) at Shire Hall, Warwick.

The petition is in response to WCC’s review of its capital expenditure programme in the light of severe spending pressures and some government grant funding cancellations. Buried in the mass of detail in the Cabinet papers were cuts to the Connect2 Kenilworth project that would have killed it.

Thanks to a spontaneous public outcry the Cabinet deferred any final decision on Connect2 Kenilworth, but the project remains under severe threat.

Connect2 Kenilworth will create a safe, mostly off-road, walking and cycling route linking the town of Kenilworth with the University of Warwick campus, and upgrade the existing Greenway route through Burton Green to Berkswell Station. A key feature of the scheme is a new bridge at Crackley to provide a safe crossing for pedestrians and cyclists over the busy A429 Coventry Road. It will encourage more commuting to work by bicycle or on foot, and be a significant boost for fitness and leisure facilities in the area.

Through the petition, people of Kenilworth, Leamington, Warwick, Warwickshire and Coventry have demonstrated their wholehearted support for this worthy scheme.

The next step will be that the petition will be presented to a meeting of the Full Council On the 2^nd November.