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The British Mountaineering Council’s
official response will be drafted from the following discussions and
sources.
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Discussions at BMC area committees in
NE England, the Lake District, the Midlands, the Peak District,
Yorkshire and Humberside, London and SE England and also at the
meeting of the BMC’s committee for Wales.
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Feedback from individual members.
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Views of the BMC Access Executive
Committee.
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BMC visitor surveys in the Llanberis
pass 2001 and Ogwen Valley 1999.
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Discussion with climbers, hillwalkers
and mountaineers at the first community consultation meeting in Capel
Curig.
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Discussion at the BMC management
committee meeting, Plas-y-Brenin, Capel Curig February 9, 2002.
Based on discussions so far the BMC’s
response will commend the main principles of the strategy, which are to
improve the rural economy of the Snowdonia area and to provide an
efficient, flexible and integrated transport system, by improving public
transport. However, it will stress the importance of the need for choice.
Particularly the choice to use either public or private transport, so that
peoples freedoms and their ability to partake in mountain activities are
not reduced. The response will highlight the fact that removal of such a
choice may have a negative impact on the rural economy of the area. The
BMC will also emphasis the importance of the views of Snowdonia’s users,
as well as those of the local communities, suggesting that they should
form an integral part of any strategy, if it is to be a success.
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