Tim Muffett of the BBC reports on footpath survey

Tim writes; “The Ramblers charity is launching what it calls the “biggest-ever footpath survey” to examine the state of the path network in England and Wales.
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As one Effingham resident put it; “As an ‘on-view-to-the-public’ method I get the feeling responses are prioritised in much the same way as companies respond quickly to Facebook and Twitter. A cynic might think that perhaps the motivation is more legally based. If an injury lawyer can easily find info that they were aware of a hazard and did nothing before an accident then negligence is easier to prove.
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