The estimated £1.7m cost to repair and maintain the walkway is too steep, Forestry England says.
A popular aerial walkway will be removed due to "serious structural safety issues".The plans have now been abandoned after the estimated £1.7m cost to repair and maintain the walkway outweighed available funding, Forestry England said.In a statement, Forestry England said: "We have had to make the difficult decision to remove the Tree Top Walkway at Salcey Forest, which has been closed since 2018 because of serious structural safety issues.
However, the authority said, the estimated cost of £1.7m was "beyond the available funding" and that even if the money was available they believed it could be invested "in better way for visitors long-term".The structure, which looks out over Salcey Forest, closed in May 2018 following safety concerns
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