Dirt road byways around Mildenhall and West Stow have been “ripped apart” by those illegally driving along them and the council is now embarking on a project to fix the paths.

A map of the byways with the problem areas shown in green. (Image: PC Colin Taylor) Police Constable Kevin Stollery said: “There can regularly be groups of 20 or 30 over a weekend and in peak times you’re looking at around a hundred potentially, certainly easily 50 to 60."

Police Constable Collin Taylor who patrols the area with PC Stollery added: “It’s a problem for bird watchers, cyclists, and this is an area of special scientific interest and obviously farmers use these roads to access their crops.

The byways, which should be flat dirt roads, have been devastated by the illegal activity (Image: Newsquest) “What happens is people write about it on social media sites and forums and people come together on mass and groups turn up into the hundreds........

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