Walking and cycling plans pulled after hundreds of responses from residents

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Plans to improve walking and cycling in Manchester have been pulled after residents said the scheme would not make walking and cycling any easier.

Manchester council has closed a consultation on the Wythenshawe Active Travel Scheme after receiving hundreds of responses from local residents.

The council had initially proposed creating a continuous route from Chorlton Park to Manchester Airport with links to Wythenshawe Park and the hospital.

But the latest proposal for the fund worth £1.5m just featured two bus gates –stretches of road which are only open to buses, black cabs and pedal cycles.