[Talk-GB] Other Routes with Public Access

[Mike Harris]

PLEASE do not remove the ORPA designations - they are meaningful and 
important (in the UK). An ORPA is a way that is not a "public right of 
way" (i.e. public footpath, public bridleway, restricted byway or 'byway 
open to all traffic') but nevertheless has legal rights for at least 
pedestrian use.

The designation was created by the OS to cover ways whose precise legal 
status had not yet been fully determined but which had at  least rights 
on foot. (In fact many probably have higher rights as well). High way 
Authorities recognise that these ways have at least public access. Many 
of them - but not all by a long stroke - are on the relevant 'List of 
Streets'.

The freedom of the public to use these ways - particularly those not on 
the list of streets - is threatened by the failure of the government's 
"Lost Ways" project and there is action taking place to try to record 
all of these by the 2024 deadline and to secure as much access as is 
possible. Many of them provide vital links to public rights of way that 
would otherwise be cul-de-sacs.

Mapping them on OSM - on the basis of local knowledge of various kinds - 
is a valuable contribution to this effort to protect public access.

Thank you for asking before taking any destructive action!

Mike Harris

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