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New Peak District cycle trail among projects to receive share of DfT investment
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editor The funding – which is the
tional
na
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government's £60m cycling
district
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budget for the year – will also
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peak
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be used to help deliver new image
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projects designed to encourage The Monsal Trail follows disused railway lines in the Peak District
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more people to take up cycling.
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Peak District National Park tunnels closed under the visitors to arrive in the Peak
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Authority (PDNPA) has secured Beeching Axe in the 1960s for District by train before cycling
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£1m to help fund the creation walkers and cyclists to use as across the national park.
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of a new £3.785m cycle trail part of the Monsal Trail. PDNPA director of operations
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between Matlock and Buxton Cycling England has already Richard Campen said: "It will
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railway stations in Derbyshire. contributed £1.25m towards create both a spectacular
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The £1m grant will be used the trail, which will link the cycling route and a realistic
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to create a section of the trail existing Monsal, High Peak and alternative to the car, enabling
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between Buxton and Bakewell, Tissington Trails. It is hoped the more people to make healthy
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including reopening four new combined trail will enable choices for themselves."
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disabled facilities at leisure
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venues nationwide.
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assess the accessibility of the
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