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<p>Public rights of way are a local matter and are handled by individual local highway
authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to keep a Rights of Way
Improvement Plan (ROWIP) to plan improvements to their network, which is usually available
on the authority’s website. I would hope local authorities, whenever possible, would
look at the needs of all users, including walkers, cyclists and horse-riders. Safety
must be a consideration in this process.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities receive most
of their rights of way funding from central Government through the Revenue Support
Grant to deliver various duties, including ROWIPs. It is not ring-fenced and we cannot
say how much authorities should spend on ROWIPs. It is up to local authorities to
manage their own budgets and decide how much they should spend on their different
duties, and for local people to hold them to account.</p>
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