The Riverside Boardwalk plan, which will open up the waterfront for walkers and cyclists, is to go ahead.
The scheme promises to revamp the waterfront between Northam Bridge and Horshoe Bridge and link with a cycle route as far as Riverside Park.
It will be one of the projects around the country which will share Ł50 million lottery funding. For more information about the scheme see our earlier story here, or the Conect2 site here.
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