Kent County Council has gone back on proposals, declaring the A26 section ‘not wide enough’ for an additional cycle lane and ‘not suitable’ for a 20mph zone.
The authority has also said other sections along the Tunbridge Wells – Tonbridge bypass will not be constructed, including a section along St John’s Road – where on-street parking would have been lost.
It means the original vision of creating a complete path for cyclists to safely use will now not happen.
Tunbridge Wells resident Marguerita Morton wrote on Twitter: “This is a big disappointment after all those years of planning and designing the route.”
Proposals for a shared cycle route and footpath on the A26 from Birchwood Avenue to Mabledon, created by widening the existing footpath, have also been dropped.
