Dear Paul and Mayor and Deborah
Roy Watson's and Heron Maps' excellent 'Birmingham Greenways' map (£5.99) gives "150 miles of traffic free walking and cycling paths around Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull".
Some have been upgraded to an all weather surface and drainage, with good blue signs. However, all need to be brought up to that high standard, please. I cycled from Halesowen to see Ian Ward at Shard End last Wednesday evening for his surgery. And he saw me - v decent of him! I cycled using as many of Roy's/your traffic free cycle routes as possible. However, some miles were adventure cycling that needed a mountain bike that I was on. Especially parts of the Rive Cole Cycle-Walkway were very rough. Made worse by very many absent blue signs, especially on the confusing Ackers Trust land.
Roy's quite superb 2015 map needs to be the basis of the WMCA improvement work and their/your own maps. However, Roy's map also needs to be updated by Heron Maps, if only to delete the ITA to be replaced by WMCA, of course. And, it must be extended westwards to include the 22 Kms major Black Country Cycle-Walk Mudway between DY5 Enterprise Zone at Brierley Hill and NW Wolverhampton.
Will you please ensure that you buy your own copy and ensure that the professionals use it to upgrade every mile of the 150 miles of cycle-walkways. Including the major 22 Kms Black Country Cycle-Walk Mudway.
Buy it from:- maporders@heronmaps.com
Thanks and best wishes
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