AN ABERGAVENNY woman has slammed what she claims are council plans to “stick a road through” a local beauty spot, as “ghastly”.
Liz Proctor lives in the town and is a regular dog walker in Castle Meadows.
“It’s a really biodiverse place and everyone enjoys walking there safely,” she explained.
However, she has now raised concerns over plans from Monmouthshire County Council‘s active travel group to, in her words, “spend millions of pounds sticking a road through there”.
The council has refuted this accusation.
Ms Proctor believes the “road” and the planned installation of cattle grids – to stop the animals grazing on the land from escaping – are the result of “someone complaining that the gate is ‘too hard to manage’”.
“Dog walkers don’t go anywhere with cattle grids,” she said.
“Children will fall down it.
“How a mobility scooter driver can manage their dog at the same time as going over a cattle grid, is something else.”
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