WALKERS and cyclists in Penpont have welcomed £42,500 of funding awarded to the Keir, Penpont and Tynron (KPT) Development Trust from the Scottish Land Fund that will see a new path link the village with Thornhill.
An additional grant from Sustrans will enable the Trust to buy the land needed for the multi-use path.
KPT Trust Chairman Maureen Halkett called the funding “a much-needed lifeline for local people.”
She added: “It means the Trust’s ambitions to connect local communities with safe and sustainable alternatives to road travel are that much nearer to being realised. We have already started to raise the money for the construction of the path and, once the land is purchased, we can push forward with detailed plans to put it in place.”
