Footways, footpaths and cycle tracks are categorised as follows:
- S1.4.1
- High duty – routes designated as principal routes and used by an exceptionally large number of pedestrians and/or cyclists.
- S1.4.2
- High amenity – routes surfaced with one of the following surfaces, and constructed and maintained to a high standard:
- Surfaces chosen specifically for decorative purposes, with special colours, textures or surface finishes; or
- Flexible surfaces with a particular texture or distinctive coloured finish. Such surfaces will usually be situated in conservation, leisure or ornamental areas, pedestrian precincts or where an authority has installed high quality paving.
- S1.4.3
- Other – surfaces that are neither high duty nor high amenity.
- S1.4.4
- Where an authority can demonstrate that a high duty or high amenity footway, footpath or cycle track has been constructed and maintained to a standard in excess of that prescribed in S2.2 to S2.5 (and registered accordingly) the reinstatement must meet the authority’s standard of maintenance and their declared intervention criteria.
