The Carse of Gowrie Group has been developing and improving paths across the Carse for many years. These include utility routes, and those for leisure and for access to the Tay. More recently, we have also begun working paths of a higher standard for walking and cycling between our communities.
Errol to Grange Shared Use Path
We are developing a high quality shared use path- for walkers, cyclists and other users – between Errol, Errol Station, and Grange.
The path will be a minimum 3m wide and will have a tarmac surface.
Current proposals
Proposed path routes from Errol to Errol Station, and airfield area
Proposed path route from airfield area to Grange
Recent work
In early 2024, concept designs have been revised and improved again in response to comments by PKC and Sustrans. Much of this work has focussed on Grange, and traffic calming.
In late 2023 and early 2024 we have been focussing on making progress on landowner negotiations, securing leases on the path route, and preparing for the planning application.
We held a face to face consultation in Grange about traffic calming proposals in May 2023. A blog piece gives a summary of the positive outcome of the event, and the full results are given in a short report
Existing work
In January 2020, we began the next phase of development work after we were awarded funding by Sustrans. This work will take the design further and we hope to make agreements with landowners. This blog piece describes it more fully.
As of mid-2021 we have Concept Design drawings and are discussing these with all stakeholders and communities. Feel free to contact us if you wish to discuss them. Here’s an example below showing the proposed arrangement at New Farm junction.
We continue to work on to develop the project and in 2023 we are moving to Developed Design stage, and are working to make legal agreements with landowners. Sustrans continues to support the project, as does Perth and Kinross Council. We are grateful to both.
Despite Covid we ran a cycle event with the school in May 2021, and a public design consultation event in November 2021. A separate piece shows what we did.
We have formed a project Steering Group, so if you are interested in being involved please contact us.
The development work began to be funded by Sustrans in early 2019, and we were busy doing the following:
- Carried out a community consultation. Results here
- Begun negotiating with landowners on the route
- Liaised with Perth and Kinross Council and other stakeholders
- Done preliminary design work.
Ambition
We also have the longer term ambition to develop high quality traffic-free paths across the area in order to link communities:
- Errol Station to Inchmichael Junction on A90 (and X bus stops or lift sharing)
- Errol to Inchcoonans (and on to Glendoick flyover and associated core paths)
- East from Grange on NCN 77 route to Broomhall Feeds (where National Cycle Network route 77 returns to a quiet road)
- Link to Inchture from NCN 77
- Errol to St Madoes (for local services and on to Perth)
If you want to contribute or comment on any of these, please tell us via our contact page.
Other paths
We continue to maintain various footpath around the Carse.
Carse of Gowrie Group (CoGG) 