I am deeply concerned about thimpact of a cycle route on the Glen River Park. The park is currently a destination place of quiet contemplation and recreation. Used by families with young children, walkers with dogs, elderly people and young people, all seeking refuge from a busy urban zone. the North Link already runs close by but die to the special accoustics in the park it is quietened, we hear water, birdsong and rustling leaves, not traffic. It is a slow space. It is a natural wild place for children to explore at their leisure, it is a place for people to relax. A cycle route would increase speed and add traffic to this safe haven. additional surfacing will impinge onto vegetation and the wildelife it supports. Any artificial lighting will also interfere with wildlife, the nativer bats, birds and other creatures. Truning it into a blue green corridor will transform adestination space into a route. Cyclists already use the park, it does not have to be turned into a designated route.
I beleieve this blue green route does not add value for cyclists but takes away green space from other users (and wildlife) and contradicts your policy satement to increase biodiverstiy in the city for its inhabitants. If your policy is to link green spaces then you need to invest in the green spaces and not detract from them. Why not put the blue green corridor on the northern permieter of the park if needs be.
Keep our slow spaces slow, put cycle routes in suitable areas - add to green space don't detract from it.
The river valley shape is already like a corridor, to put a cycle route through this would transform a slow space into a thoroughfare at the expense of current users.