Welshpool wants Wiggly Path protected
The local authority spent months discussing the path that links Red Bank with the town centre, after it became apparent that Powys County Council wanted to offload it after selling Ardwyn School to a developer.
Welshpool Town Council was given first refusal, and after several ideas were floated, they decided not to take it on due to potential costs and man hours required to maintain it.
But at last night’s Strategy, Planning and Development Committee meeting, councillors made it clear that they still wanted the path to remain open.
“As a regular user of the path myself and knowing lots of other people who also use it, I absolutely agree and supported the proposal that the council should not take on ownership of the land and legal responsibility for it,” said Cllr Bill Rowell. “But, I think we would be letting the people of the town down if we didn’t at least seek to encourage it to become a right of way.
“The Wiggly Path is particularly good for children, families and dog walkers due to the gradience so it would be a great shame if it was lost as a right of way.”
Cllr Richard Church, a county councillor too, said the site could be considered as a designated town green if it can be demonstrated that the land has been in public use for more than 40 years.
It was unanimously decided by the committee to write to the county council to ask for them to start the process of making the land either a public right of way or town green so the path will always remain in use.
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