District councillors fear that decade-long plans to connect Kenilworth with a cycle route through Abbey Fields could be scuppered by Warwickshire County Council.

The complex process of establishing an achievable path for walking, wheeling and cycling through the historic site has finally come up trumps but is reliant on the highways authority installing toucan crossings at the Bridge Street and Borrowell Lane ends.

Warwick District Council already has the funding in place for the path but the approval to move forward only starts the process for the county to find the estimated £528,000 to pay for crossings that would have been shelved had the district not proceeded.

Reform UK won power in May's local elections with new leader Cllr George Finch proclaiming plans to scrap some active t

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