Green Road Reality

Some suggest that the Green Road Network is being damaged by recreational motor vehicles, (even though 62% of traffic is large, heavy farm and landowner vehicles, which have far greater impact than a motorcycle!) The reality is far removed from what is suggested as this page testifies and DEFRA has confirmed.

The TRF’s Green Road Map public access project is documenting, photographing and videoing every Green Road in England and Wales. Below is just a sample of what truly reflects the state of the network.

It is recognised that some Green Roads might be more susceptible to motor vehicle impact during wetter periods, however, these routes are utilised by agricultural traffic during these periods which will have a far greater impact than a vehicle ridden responsibly with a single wheel drive.

What is also true is that many routes that were once public roads, and that can sustain low-volume recreational motoring, have been wrongfully turned into paths placing a greater burden on the remaining network which makes up just 1.7% of the public highways network.

We think that the independent report commissioned by DEFRA summed the situation rather well…