• As a final event, an attractive bike ride along the #RAVeL and the presentation of the results of Sigway – Sport on Greenways took place in Court -St – Etienne

The Final National Multiplier event consisted of a sports activity by bike along the Greenway, the RAVel (*) 141, and a presentation of the SIGWAY project and its main results in the municipality of Court. St – Etienne (Belgium), followed by a debate with the participants.

All this organised in the framework of the ‘4e Mobility Village ‘ , within the European Mobility Week /4eme Cité de la Mobilité’ initiative of the City of Court-St-Etienne, in partnership with the parents’ association of Collège Saint-Etienne ; and co-organised with the stakeholders and members of EGWA, the Chemins du Rail Association, and the Commune of Court St-Etienne, that facilitated all the equipment for the presentations

The activity started with an attractive and very well-organized bike ride on the #RAVeL 141 to the source of the Dyle (29 km), guided by Chemins du Rail, with explanations during the ride putting in value the connection of RaVel with the sport facilities and equipment’s.

 

 

Afterward, we continued with the presentation of the results of the Sigway – Sport in Greenways by the director of the EGWA, to promote sport & physical activity through greenways, with a wide variety of activities, for all audiences & ages, to an interested audience. It was held in the open stand allocated to our Stakeholder Chemins du Rail. Followed by a lively debate on greenway opportunities and other international experiences between participants.

 

The greenway itself (RAVel 141) passes just by the school, which makes it much easier to access the school safely on foot or by bike.

SIGWAY was promoted at the stand of the stakeholders and co-organiser of the activity Chemins du Rail; EGWA members, throughout the day, and interested parties who came to the stand were informed about the SIGWAY project. QR codes with the results of the project in French were also prepared, and the  presentation was displayed on a large screen at the stand. The event was also registered on the official website of the European Mobility Week see here

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From EGWA we would like to express our highest thanks for the great collaboration to all the team of Chemins du Rail, Anne-Françoise, the Daniel’s, Chantal, Gilbert, Anne, …, and  a special recognition to Mélanie Laroche councilor of Travaux publics et de la Mobility of Court-Saint-Etienne, for the support given to this activity and her great work in favour of active mobility

Court-Saint-Étienne is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, with a population of around 11,000 inhabitants

(*) RAVel is an acronym that stands for Réseau Autonomes des Voies Lentes. It is therefore an official network of roads managed by the Walloon regional administration (Service Public de Wallonie) in the same way as the motorways and regional roads.; its definition is the same as that of Greenway of Lille Declaration.

 

Mercedes Muñoz Zamora
European Greenways Association, Director
9/October/2024