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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Laura Laker

Cycling charity launches ambitious plan to boost UK-wide path network

Cyclists and walkers using the Taff Trail,  Sustrans’ route 8, in Gabalfa, Cardiff.
Cyclists and walkers using the Taff Trail, Sustrans’ route 8, in Gabalfa, Cardiff. Photograph: Graham Bell/Alamy

A masterplan for a UK-wide traffic and barrier-free national cycling and walking network (NCN) suitable for “a sensible 12-year-old travelling alone” is to be launched on Wednesday.

The ambitious plan would link most settlements of 10,000 people or more, and would make travel easier for wheelchair users, who can face multiple hurdles, while growing and improving the existing 12,786-mile network to reach all corners of the UK.

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