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Dear Editor,

People who have been struggling along the awful path created by SDC outside the fence of the buffer zone behind the bank above Spitfire Way may wonder if that is the end result achieved by the Swann Way to Killing Wood Pathway Users Association.

 This alternative was rejected as being unsuitable on the following grounds:-

The qualities that the existing path has which this proposed new one does not are:-

• People can walk sociably abreast of each other.

• There is no problem in passing people coming in the opposite direction.

• It is level and comfortable to walk on without having to watch your feet all the time.

• It is not bounded by aggressive plants such as nettles, hawthorn, holly and wild rose.

• It is suitable for taking push chairs and invalid chairs.

• People of any age and level of fitness can make use of it.

The new path has none of these advantages and is quite dangerous to use because in places it is on a sideways slope and is also very rough. A site meeting was called by SDC in November when residents bordering this land, the Parish Council and we were represented. Those attending who represented SDC made certain proposals at the end of this meeting and we hope that they will soon be carried out. These proposals were to re-open the area to the public and for SDC to provide up to four metres of dense planting outside the garden fences of those residents with no screening at present. The Pathway users have accepted this proposal as reasonable as has the Parish Council and we are waiting for its speedy implementation.

Yours sincerely,

Peter