Great to see over 1500 signatures; please help spread the word and let's double our numbers before the New Year! The borough has around 100,000 people, and since our aim is to find a solution that works excellently for all, whether they're walking, cycling, of any range of abilities and ages, we hope that everyone will want to join our call for this greenway investment to be linked up inland.

Just to recap our firm position: We embrace the push toward active travel which offers an alternative to fossil fuel burning vehicles.

We love the idea of linking greenways all over NI. But such a permanent investment must go in the right place.

The coastal path is already a natural treasure, promoted by tourism publications worldwide, and drawing almost as many visitors as the Giant's Causeway. It is already green, and already shared between people who cycle and walk, which is one of its positive features. Provided everyone moves respectfully, this is something to celebrate. Comparisons to the Comber greenway are not like for like.

The Ballymacormick Point section of the proposal was redesigned by AECOM when the National Trust denied access to its land, and the resulting route along the Warren Road is going to be a successful commuting opportunity for cycling into the next century. We want to see the same redesign of the route between Bangor and Holywood, to maximise its usage for real active travel.

Those who love the path need a greater say than they have been given on the proposed changes. One shoe does not fit all, and the planning application, as it tries to encompass vastly varying terrain over 31 kilometres, needs to be withdrawn, redrawn, and resubmitted. Withdrawing now would allow for deeper engagement with the public, so that all considerations are aired, and the Council gets this huge investment right.

Our group is promoting an inland solution. We would not, however, presume to be equipped to design and cost out a viable inland route, but have faith in the expertise of AECOM to do so for this section as they did for Ballymacormick. Pending this amendment, we look forward to giving the revised greenway plan our full endorsement.

Meantime, we will continue to encourage the Council to undertake the sensitive upgrades to the much-loved coastal path that are so badly overdue. We'd be glad to hear from any of our followers who can help us pinpoint the sections that they know are in need of upgrading or repair, by emailing us at foranotherpath@gmail.com. We're calling for appropriate repairs in environmentally sensitive methods, so the path can be made more accessible for all abilities of visitor in the immediate future, and to avoid doing any damage to the natural habitat, and the wildlife for which this area is not a leisure zone, but a home, and their only resource for survival in an increasingly concreted, urbanised world.

Thanks for your continued support. Pease share and visit our website at foranotherpath.org for updates!