A RIVERSIDE cycle path is being planned on the outskirts of Darlington.
Plans have been submitted to build a footpath and cycle path along the River Skerne.
The 2.5metre-wide path would run between Mill Lane and Stockton Road, near Red Hall and Haughton.
Wheelchair-friendly kissing gates will be built along the access points. There will also be anti-motorcycle chicanes at access points.
The plans are a change to a proposal submitted last year which brought 200 objections from residents.
The area is currently grassland, and is well-used by dogwalkers and children from neighbouring Haughton Grange and Great Burdon.
But objectors feared it would lead to anti-social behaviour and was already a haven for mini-motorcycle users.
A spokesman for Darlington Borough Council said it could not comment until the plans were heard
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