Project Update 09/02/2026

I appreciate that during the works at Heselden Dene you would like users of the cycleway to avoid the area. However recently road vehicles (not just motorbikes and quadbikes) have come from Heselden along the cycleway as far as the A19 bridge. They have churned up the path to such an extent that the path is now flooding and very muddy. It makes it very difficult for walkers to go west from Castle Eden and avoid your works, as you request. I spoke to two of your contractors from Bentley who say it was not their vehicles. They are laying hardcore from Heselden towards Castle Eden but only as far as they need for access. They did comment that contractors from Esh and Selwood (both also your contractors) have been active along the cycleway recently and it may have been them. However if you wish pedestrians and cyclists to avoid walking near your works whenever possible I think the contractors who have caused this damage should repair it so that the alternative westward path is both safe and in reasonable condition for users.