Natural England

Lessons Learned

• The PACE process (Plan, Activate, Check, Enable) has been a useful checklist;
• It has been important to have a project officer and/or project champion;
• Highway Authority support is vital;
• Having an adopted Greenways Strategy is important;
• Links with transport colleagues are essential;
• Clear and achievable objectives are a must, and need to be set early on;
• Demand studies are also highly useful, and should be carried out in the early stages;
• Find funding and plan for the end of the pilot phase earlier;
• Share information with other Greenways projects.      

Following on from the above, the demonstration projects include in their aims for the future: 

• Ensure a Strategy and Action Plan are in place to provide a vision, targets and gain support;
• Investigate funding opportunities for posts and route implementation further;
• Ensure projects are better co-ordinated;
• Investigate long-term maintenance.      

All of the demonstration projects are addressing the issues highlighted. Greenways have been found to be popular and useful where implemented.