CAMPAIGNERS are renewing calls for a cycle path to be built as part of the accommodation for Hinkley workers on the former Cellophane Factory site in Bridgwater.

Safe cycling group SAGE held a rush hour demonstration on Bath Road by Bridgwater College to raise awareness for the campaign.

"It will be safer for both Hinkley workers and for students, and would be beneficial to motorists to have this installed," said campaigner Pam Earnshaw.

"We have deep concerns for cyclist safety at the dangerous pinch-point by Bridgwater College where the A39 bridges the main railway.

"The bridge is old and narrow and on a bend, at rush hour traffic is clogged here - think how much worse it will be when up to 1,000 Hinkley workers are housed on the nearby site," she said.

"The workers will regularly use the bridge, during their leisure time, to gain access into the Bridgwater town centre for provisions and entertainment. This will significantly increase the number of pedestrians and cyclists using the bridge making the current dangerous situation even more hazardous," Mrs Earnshaw added.

Also in support was Lucy Workman, general manager of On Your Bike, who said it was important to encourage less experienced cyclists.

"As it stands cyclists are thrown out onto the busy main road. Putting in this cycle route would benefit the whole of Bridgwater."

Earlier this year, SAGE met with MP Ian Liddell-Grainger to discuss the proposal.

Mr Liddell-Grainger told the Mercury that the cycle path was something that could be worth pursuing but the potential costs of working around the railway would be 'astronomical'.

"It is a pinch point, and needs looking at but at the moment I am not sure there is the critical mass of support required to take it to the next stage," Mr Liddell-Grainger said.

"I think it is a nice idea but it is finding a way to fund it that could prove problematic."