Delay to update blamed on backlog of footpath orders
Updating a Definitive Map of the Isle of Man could ‘take decades’ due to the number of changes which are needed to show public rights of way on the Island.
The Department of Infrastructure admits that the situation ‘is not satisfactory’ but says its bound by current legislative process and resource adding it has no money to increase the delivery rate.
In November Tynwald ordered the DoI to make improvements after a committee found that many routes had been neglected.
Minster Chris Thomas told Manx Radio there is a backlog of around 200 footpath orders to address and says he’s in discussion with a ‘working group’ to modify secondary legislation:
His department has published a progress report which you can read HERE.
Douglas South MHK Sarah Maltby chaired the Tynwald committee which looked into the upkeep of the Island’s public rights of way.
It followed a petition presented on Tynwald Day in 2021 about the poor state of footpaths.
She says she’s disappointed that it will take so long to achieve and added she’d be supportive of changing legislation to speed things up:
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