Dear Mr Baxevanis

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-72711

Thank you for your request dated 13 April 2023.

Your request will be answered by 15 May 2023. 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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Dear Mr Baxevanis

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-72711

Thank you for your request dated 13 April 2023.

Our response is as follows:

I am writing to request information to clarify your position as noted in a
few recent FOI responses about a path between Thames Path and Tunnel
Avenue.

FOI-71491: [1]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

EIR-71493: [2]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...

In your response to both of these requests, you said: “Although there is
no right of way for cycles along this path, standard bicycles can also be
manoeuvred through the barrier.”

Given that:

1. Your own website
([3]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)
says “ The Thames Path provides a high-quality, traffic-free walking and
cycling route for most of the length of the Thames throughout Royal
Greenwich” without providing any further clarification of which parts of
the Thames Path are considered a cycling route 2. The Thames Path National
Trail website
([4]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)
says “ Some London boroughs allow cycling along specific sections of the
Thames Path” but does not provide any further detail.

3. Sustrans shows the section of the Thames Path through Greenwich,
including the path you mentioned above, as part of the National Cycle
Network Route 1
([5]https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlo...)

4. There are National Cycle Network road signs in the junction of the path
with Tunnel Avenue, pointing cyclists towards that path.

I would like to request the following:

1. A clear and unambiguous description of the sections where you allow
cycling along the parts of the Thames Path managed by Greenwich Council
(including paths linking the Thames Path with adjacent roads, like the
path mentioned above between Thames Path and Tunnel Avenue). Please
provide this either as a map or as information that can be visualised in a
map using a GIS system, or failing that as a textual description.

The publicly available NCN Route 1 map [6]here provides the information
requested on where cycling is permitted along this route, along with
similar paths as the one discussed above that connect back to the main
route.

Whilst not formally part of our response to your FOI request, for the
avoidance of confusion we would note that, ‘right of way’ has a specific
legal definition (see [7]here for more information).  There are many ways
in which cycling may be permissible with or without a formal right of way.
Please accept our apologies if that was not clear from previous responses.

2. If the above is not available, any other information that you took into
account while responding that there is no right of way for cycling on the
path between path between Thames Path and Tunnel Avenue.

N/A

If you have any queries about this correspondence, please contact me,
quoting the reference number above.

If you are not satisfied with our response to your request, you can ask
for an Internal Review.  Internal review requests must be submitted within
two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original
request.  If you wish to do this, please contact us in writing, setting
out why you are dissatisfied.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Internal Review, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. 
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
Internal Review procedure provided by the Council. You can contact the ICO
by emailing [8][email address], or by post at Customer Contact,
Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
SK9 5AF.

Yours sincerely,

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

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From: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Sent: 13 April 2023 08:47
To: 'Alexander Baxevanis' <[FOI #971340 email]>
Cc: foi <[Greenwich Borough Council request email]>
Subject: FOI-72711: Freedom of Information request - Status of cycling
along Thames Path

Dear Mr Baxevanis

Freedom of Information request:  FOI-72711

Thank you for your request dated 13 April 2023.

Your request will be answered by 15 May 2023. 

If you have any queries about this request, please contact me, quoting the
reference number above.

Yours sincerely,

David White

Head of Information, Safety and Community Services

Directorate of Communities, Environment and Central

Royal Borough of Greenwich

*   3^rd Floor, The Woolwich Centre, 35 Wellington Street, London, SE18
6HQ

8 [10]www.royalgreenwich.gov.uk

ü Please consider the environment before printing this email

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