Further boost for sustainable transport schemes
17 Apr 2014 02:35 PM
Local authorities
receive a further £2 million under Local Sustainable Transport
Fund.
The Department for Transport is
giving extra funding to 9 transport schemes building on their success in
encouraging more sustainable travel choices, Baroness Kramer has
announced.
Schemes will show how
sustainable transport is benefiting communities across England, like a campaign
to encourage parents to leave their cars at home for the school run in favour
of cycling with their children, or a scheme that helps those out of work by
providing them with bicycles and subsidised public transport to make it easier
to access employment.
Transport Minister Baroness
Kramer said:
These successful schemes have
changed how people travel, with communities now making healthier and greener
choices.
Dozens of great projects have
been delivered already under this fund and I’m glad we’ve been able
to support more today (17 April 2014).
The schemes receiving funding
are:
- Tyne and Wear: £609,000
for a scheme encouraging families to use push bikes for the school run and
£295,000 to make cycling, walking and using public transport more
appealing and simpler on the A1 Western Bypass corridor - this project aims to
help more people looking for work to access prospective
employment
- West Yorkshire: £590,000
towards a project that will help jobseekers access work
- Worcestershire: £110,000
to build on a previous successful scheme, making it easier to get about on foot
and by bike in Redditch
- York city: £100,000 to
continue a successful programme of helping households access more sustainable
transport
- Warwickshire: £92,000 for
a scheme to encourage more residents and tourists in Stratford-upon-Avon to
make use of bikes and the town’s cycle facilities
- Staffordshire: £85,000
towards a scheme helping people access jobs, training and
services
- Southend-on-Sea: £80,000
to encourage people to walk, cycle and use more public
transport
- Luton: £75,000 to improve
facilities for those walking, cycling and using public
transport
The schemes benefiting from
funding from the Department of Transport will be supported by local
contributions totalling £1.6 million.