It's not just a desire path but also a shortcut that saves you 7km. They are trying to block it but it's coming back on the side.
Edit:
Update, how it's going...
7km upgrades this to a Demand path.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
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7km?! Why the hell are they blocking it
I reached out to them, made a case about it. I'll post an update here once I hear from them.
But yes, it's 7km so people walking and cycling are pushing through.
I cycled almost knee deep through water a couple of months ago to avoid a shorter distance than that.
Don't doxx yourself with a screenshot or anything but is it two very long paths running side and the only "official" cutover is an intersection?
I'm so confused why any city planner would do this...but I guess I've seen a lot of poorly-planned stuff
Welcome to Southeast Asia! In some countries here road planning is an afterthought. Pedestrian or cyclist access is optional.
I've seen it a few times, both of the developers do better planning on their side (not great, just better) but when it comes to connecting to a neighboring area, not such a great job.
This desire path is right in the middle, so without it, it's a 7km journey left or right from where the picture was taken to the other side.
That's crazy. Keep knocking those bushes down!
7 kilometers‽ Why isn't there any normal path connection there?
There are plans for a road about 100m away but funny enough, one side belongs to a township developer and the other part to another. The 2 parts do not meet. One side is complete (up to their side of the project) and the other has been blocked with a construction hoarding for the past 2 years.
With the project not seeing completion anytime soon, people started to find their own ways around it.
I totally didn't frantically Google to see just how bad that is but oh my goodness that's insane if they think people are just going to go "whelp it's closed time to go that far!" like damn shorter distances don't have a chance, they certainly don't have a snowballs chance in hell!