WEMCA to improve Bristol-Bath cycle path

WEMCA to improve Bristol-Bath cycle path

Posted by John D at 08:24, 6th February 2026

WEMCA to improve Bristol-Bath cycle path, installing some cctv cameras, fixing some pinch points. They have allocated £450,000

The path is along the old Midlands railway route

https://www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/news/funding-allocated-for-improvements-on-bristol-and-bath-railway-path/

Re: WEMCA to improve Bristol-Bath cycle path

Posted by johnneyw at 10:43, 6th February 2026

I hope that CCTV along the "Wild West" stretch of the cycle path (as I've heard it described before) will help and not just end up as something vandalized or thieved. The current situation there certainly is of concern to me, although I use that part of the route very rarely anyway.

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