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Bridport Town Council Sets Pace on Tackling Climate Change

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Sue Farrant with Bridport Town Councillors Geoff Ackerman, Ros Kayes, Dave Rickard, Frances MacKenzie and Maggie Ray

Sue Farrant with Bridport Town Councillors Geoff Ackerman, Ros Kayes, Dave Rickard, Frances MacKenzie and Maggie Ray


Liberal Democrat run Bridport Town Council is set to become only the third town in England to sign the Nottingham Declaration on Climate Change.

Chair of the Environment and Social Wellbeing Committee, Councillor Dave Rickard says, “We are using new powers under The Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act to raise awareness of the challenges that climate change and fuel poverty will inevitably impact on our communities and for future generations.”

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‘Lost Ways’ has lost its way!

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Trevor Jones in a typical town path
Trevor Jones in a typical town path

“This is a quote from a Liberal Democrat Peer speaking this spring in the House of Lords”, explained Dorchester Councillor Trevor Jones. “He was talking about a Government project called Lost Ways which was meant to identify footpaths across England in both town and country not yet registered as rights of way. Believe it or not £4.5 million was spent in just two counties in the last few years and yet no additional paths were registered at all! So the project has now been abandoned.”

“Unless old paths are registered people will lose the right to use them in under twenty years time. A typical town path is pictured to the right and of course there are scores of them across West Dorset. Lib Dem controlled Dorchester Town Council tried to make a start on the registration procedure a couple of years ago but found the procedures hideously complicated and very expensive, so they took the matter up in the Lords to try to get legislation changed.”

“The Government do now seem to recognise that there is a real problem and have committed to discussing with experts what should be done,” concluded Cllr. Jones. “Certainly if nothing is done there’s going to be uproar in due course as the public are refused the right to use paths they have walked for generations.”

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