8 Council Reports The NPPF did not exist when footpath 39 was obstructed by the re-routing of the A12 to the north of Colchester in the 1970’s. A report written by the highways authority at the time decreed that vehicular traffic was so light that pedestrians would be able to cross over the A12 without too much inconvenience! (Not true nowadays!) MCC began petitioning for a new bridge over the A12 over ten years ago and we have managed to get this desire included in Colchester’s current Local Plan. We have also obtained from the developer at Chesterwell enough land on either side of the A12 to construct the supporting infrastructure for a bridge, so it might, just might, actually happen! Finally, there are 31 Public Rights of Way in Myland, 18 of which have been partially deleted or are obstructed in some way. Most of the partial deletions are as a result of planning permissions that totally failed to even consider the existence of PRoW. ECC have never managed to add any links to the existing network or improve facilities for users, so we have a long way to go before we can say that we comply with the NPPF. Robert Johnstone Chair, Myland Access Committee
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