The RTG Footpath Team continues to do good work in keeping an eye on the standard of Public Rights of Way in Trafford. The annual survey that team members carry out helps to set the Council’s priorities for path maintenance. Paths in main shopping areas, routes to schools and bus stops are always high on the priority list and Ramblers tries to get recreational routes added so that local residents have easy access to the countryside that borders Trafford’s urban streets. The team’s footpath inspectors try to protect the network of paths that allows path users to walk for miles within Trafford on public paths. Threats of paths being displaced by building developments are quickly identified and robust objections made.
The RTG Path Maintenance Team is, in 2013, now in its second year and is establishing itself as a very useful group of regular Ramblers members who carry out simple maintenance work on Public Rights of Way . Cutting back grass, nettles and brambles is all in a day’s work for the maintenance team, as well as larger overhanging branches where the landowner agrees to the work. Seasonal growth is always a problem on natural surfaced paths, and the team’s hand tools are supplemented by a strimmer to keep paths open for all to use. As well as clearing vegetation, the team rebuilds path surfaces where low lying paths have succumbed to Trafford’s high water table.
Offers to join the teams, for inspecting or maintaining paths are always welcomed and if there are any walk routes designers, who can develop walks that use the Trafford paths network, please will you contact us. Promoting walking and protecting paths – that is what the Ramblers Trafford Group is about.
Contact the RTG Footpath Secretary at june@hilltopltd.org.uk or on 0161 928 3437 for more information about footpaths work or problems in Trafford.
The RTG Path Maintenance Team is, in 2013, now in its second year and is establishing itself as a very useful group of regular Ramblers members who carry out simple maintenance work on Public Rights of Way . Cutting back grass, nettles and brambles is all in a day’s work for the maintenance team, as well as larger overhanging branches where the landowner agrees to the work. Seasonal growth is always a problem on natural surfaced paths, and the team’s hand tools are supplemented by a strimmer to keep paths open for all to use. As well as clearing vegetation, the team rebuilds path surfaces where low lying paths have succumbed to Trafford’s high water table.
Offers to join the teams, for inspecting or maintaining paths are always welcomed and if there are any walk routes designers, who can develop walks that use the Trafford paths network, please will you contact us. Promoting walking and protecting paths – that is what the Ramblers Trafford Group is about.
Contact the RTG Footpath Secretary at june@hilltopltd.org.uk or on 0161 928 3437 for more information about footpaths work or problems in Trafford.
This stile in Stretford near the Trans Pennine Trail, was completely overgrown before our clearing work! July 2012.
Litter was as much a problem as obstructing vegetation on this path in Hale Barnes. February 2013.
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A cat joins path team members as they finish work on a Sale path which is a route to work. September 2012
Footpath inspectors regularly check footpath signs for visibility, cleanliness and correct alignment.
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Rebuilding the path surface by spreading bark chippings on a path in Urmston Meadows. November 2012
Men at work! – some hefty, obstructing branches get the chop on a path near the River Bollin. March 2013.
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