WORK is on track to extend the popular walking and cycling path at the Barrowfields.

Cornwall Council will be extending the path through to Lusty Glaze.

The work will take place in stages between October and next spring.

The project is funded by the UK government through the Shared Prosperity Fund.

A spokesperson for Cornwall Council said: “We’ll soon start work to extend the path at the Barrowfields to Lusty Glaze, which is great news for the regular users of this area. It will allow an accessible path through to Lusty Glaze.

“The surfaced path will improve access, particularly for people with pushchairs and mobility issues, as well as cyclists.

“We’ll also be improving green spaces for nature as well as sprucing up the seats, handrails and steps.

“Urban Green Shoots is Cornwall Council’s flagship Shared Prosperity Fund initiative bringing increased biodiversity to public open spaces across Cornwall, to help with the levelling-up agenda, cost-of-living crisis and ‘building back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Increasing biodiversity is intimately interlinked with improving the quality of life for our residents as we know that enhancing the nature-richness of public spaces has far reaching positive impacts on our health and wellbeing and the prosperity of our local area through making it more attractive for business and leisure activity.

“Beyond this, a greener urban environment also helps us adapt to climate change, providing microclimates that buffer high temperatures giving shade and shelter, as well as providing more sustainable drainage through areas of better soil health and water environment. The project will also improve access routes to green spaces so that more people can enjoy them throughout the seasons.

“Through the project communities and individuals will be supported in gaining a deeper connection with nature by creating green sanctuaries that are free and accessible at the heart of some of Cornwall’s most deprived communities that need the benefits most.

“Working across the whole of Cornwall, improvements will be made to a wide range of spaces, from closed churchyards and parks and public gardens to housing estates, road verges and urban woodlands.”