A proposal to require towpath cyclists to pay for an annual permit has been dropped. Not on the British canals – where towpath access has been free since a short-lived permit scheme on the Kennet & Avon in the 1990s – but in the US, where the owners of the 185-mile Chesapeake & Ohio Canal towpath were seeking a new way to raise funds. A public outcry has led to revised proposals where the price rises will fall mostly on drive-in campsites.

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