Cycling Infrastructure Funding Debate
Full Debate: Read Full DebateNorman Baker
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(11 years, 10 months ago)
Written StatementsI am pleased to announce today details of a major investment of over £62 million in cycling in England.
This funding is part of the overall £107 million the Government announced during 2012 for investment over the following three years, and is in addition to the £600 million for the local sustainable transport fund.
I have decided that the £42 million cycling investment funding announced in the Chancellor’s autumn statement will comprise two elements—an urban element and an element for rural areas that are covered by national parks.
For the urban element there will be an opportunity for cities to bid for two or three cycle city ambition grants. These grants would be for infrastructure improvements to give people the confidence to take up cycling.
The areas eligible to apply for those grants would be the cities that have taken part in wave 1 and wave 2 of the city deals process. The list of cities is:
Wave 1 |
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Birmingham |
Leeds |
Sheffield |
Newcastle |
Bristol |
Liverpool |
Manchester |
Nottingham |
Wave 2 |
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Black Country |
Bournemouth/Poole |
Brighton and Hove |
Cambridge |
Coventry |
Hull |
Ipswich |
Leicester |
Oxford |
Milton Keynes |
Norwich |
Plymouth |
Portsmouth/Southampton |
Preston |
Reading |
Southend |
Stoke on Trent |
Sunderland |
Swindon |
Tees Valley |