National Cycle network

[3tyretrackterry]

Who is responsible for maintenance and cleaning of National cycle routes? Is there a central body or is it the responsibility of the local council.
Many Thanks

 

[marinyork]

Sustrans. Councils revamp sections very occasionally.

 

[Alves]

Sustrans. Councils revamp sections very occasionally.

A seriously complex answer really.
The responsibility for cleaning, safety and maintenance depends on who has ownership of it.
Sustrans, the local council and its various officers, a number of road and highway agencies, the canal and waterways authorities and sometimes the Railways or even local landowners. It really depend on who owns the land which that stretch of the NCN is on.
Finding out who does actually have the ownership and responsibility for maintenance for a particular stretch is tricky.
Sustrans local volunteer rangers and Sustrans staff will try and co-ordinate and encourage the various people to do the major work. Smaller stuff tends to fall to the volunteers in my area.
It kind of means that if it needs a bit of brush cutting and litter picking, volunteers do it but if its a fallen tree then someone else does.
A lot depends on local circumstances.

 

[marinyork]

I do actually know sustrans rangers. I take "maintenance" to mean major work. This nearly always takes place in the urban bits under the council's remit.

 

[3tyretrackterry]

i was thinking along the lines of sweeping up smashed glass.overhanging branches and general debris from the trees after a storm or windy night marking out lines etc etc

 

[marinyork]

Minor stuff like that doesn't tend to get done. Rangers might only go and have a big tidy up every couple of months. You could always do it yourself.

 

[ufkacbln]

Report to the Local Council in the first instance - there is a good chance they will either deal with it or will now who to contact