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A safer footpath route to Tilston School published their Delivery Report!9 months ago
Delivered 21 July 2023
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A new all weather field path linking the south eastern part of the village to Tilston School
A new stone footpath along the edge of the field from the SE corner of Inveresk Road to Church Road at Tilston School to provide a more direct and safer route to school for those living on Inveresk Road, Greenway, and Malpas Road and Wet Lane to the East of Inveresk Road.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
It will be a shorter route to school for those living in this part of the village, who are deterred by the present footpath when it becomes wet and muddy in rainy weather. It will be a safer route, avoiding the need to cross Malpas Road twice at a busy part of the village at school opening and closing times. It will be dry so that children will be able to wear their ordinary outdoor shoes instead of wellingtons. It should reduce the number of cars and the congestion at the school entrance on Church Road at school opening and closing times. This will increase road safety and reduce environmental harm and the village's carbon footprint.. If more children walk to school as a result it will provide health benefits to them.
Steps to get it done:
It will also provide a safer and more direct all weather route to the village playing fields for many.
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With another generous pledge of £25 a grand total of £9503 has been donated by our backers. Including a magnificent donation towards materials and labour. We can now start the work as soon as possible and construct not just a safer footpath but a fully accessible footpath route for all. Meanwhile the crowdfunding website will remain open until 22nd March to enable "Overfunding". This will help cover costs of signage, dog bins and a permissive path agreement. All last minute pledges will be very welcome and will be fully applied to this project. Our warmest thanks to everyone who has made this possible and we look forward to seeing you at the opening in this Coronation Year.
Whoop, 50 people have pledged since fundraising began!
Brilliant news, thanks everyone!
Our target is now within sight with 90% of it pledged. A very big thank you to all our donors for the nearly £1000 pledged during January, including several generous people who donated anonymously and who we have not been able to thank in person. We are very grateful to you. We now hope that the month of February will see our last and vital effort to get over the line or indeed to exceed our target! A good suggestion has been made by one of our donors - that the path be made accessible for people who use wheelchairs. We fully support this idea. It will need the path to be wider and the kissing gates at each end to be enlarged for wheelchairs to get through so we will need to raise an extra £3,800 to cover the cost. Even though this amount may be hard to raise at this late stage we will apply all donations made in excess of our target to this aim and every pound donated will help make the path more suitable for people who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters. We thank you for your continued support and look forward in this Coronation Year to celebrating the opening of the new footpath with red, white and blue tape!
How will the money be spent?Total £9,480
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Overfunding
This project is enabled for overfunding. If the project hits its funding goal before the end of the campaign period, any extra funds raised will be spent (in order of priority) on:
Total £9,480
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