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Newton Abbot and Kingsteignton: The Racecourse Connection
Kingsteignton, a community of 10,000 people, is linked to nearby Newton Abbot only by the main heavily trafficked Newton Road.
There are no separate footpaths or cycle routes despite the two communities being scarcely more than a mile apart. This proposal would utterly change the existing map of the area by building a new route along the edge of the Racecourse and then crossing the River Teign on a bridge adjacent to the railway line. Another vital link across a main road, railway and stream would connect the residential areas of Aller and Milber to Decoy and the south side of Newton Abbot.
A number of other links and connections would allow many everyday journeys to be done on foot and by cycle, whilst the nearby proposed restoration of the Stover Canal towpath and link under the A38 trunk road would open up the way to reach Bovey Tracey and Dartmoor.
LATEST NEWS:
12.12.2008
One year on and a step closer for Newton Abbot’s walking and cycling network
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