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£8m for cycling, walking and safer streets
18/11/2002
The details of £8 million for local Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets projects were announced today.
Some of the projects, which are funded through the Public Transport Fund, include:
- £991,000 to Glasgow City Council for the City Cycle Network and accident investigation prevention measures;
- £739,000 to Edinburgh City Council for city wide 20mph speed limits, Home Zones pilot and upgrading of on-road cycle facilities;
- £300,000 to Aberdeen City Council for pedestrian crossings, child safety and cycling safety facilities;
- £299,000 to Highland Council for cycling and walking routes connecting housing with school grounds;
- £178,000 to South Ayrshire Council for a "Healthy Heart" walking route and cycle repair workshops; and
- £40,000 to Orkney Council for new cycle paths, walkways and lighting for paths.
Making the announcement, Lewis Macdonald, Deputy Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning said:
"We are committed to achieving a 40% reduction in all deaths and serious injury on our roads and a 50% cut in child casualties by 2010. Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets projects cover a wide range of interesting and innovative proposals designed to improve safety and increase participation in cycling and walking.
"Projects to receive funding next year include pedestrianisation schemes, Pelican, Toucan and Zebra crossings, traffic calming and traffic signing and 20mph zones. We are committed to improving access for all and improved footpaths and dropped kerbs will increase ease of use for those with disabilities.
"We are keen to encourage greater participation in walking and cycling and some authorities will be using the funding for new footpaths and cycle paths as well as upgrading existing paths and providing stands and secure cycle storage or lockers at schools. These projects, together with the award of £59 million which we announced last week under the Public Transport Fund, demonstrate our commitment to improving the lives of individuals and communities through extending choice and improving accessibility."
The funding was announced in March 2001 as part of a three year funding package. The £8 million for 2003-2004 Cycling Walking and Safer Streets (CWSS) projects means that a total of nearly £22 million additional funding has been made available to Scottish local authorities over the period 2000-04 for Safer Routes to School and CWSS projects.
Local Authorities are not required to bid in a competitive situation for the CWSS allocation as each authority receives a formula share, using the existing single capital allocation formula to distribute ring-fenced sums to local authorities.
The allocations to local authorities are:
Aberdeen City - £300,000 for Pedestrian crossings and child safety and cycling safety facilities
Aberdeenshire - £316,000 for school safety zones, cycle racks and cycle lockers and new cycle paths and footpaths
Angus - £175,000 for footpath surfacing and bollards to prevent vehicle access, new cycle track, cycle training, 20 mile per hour zones
Argyll & Bute - £157,000 for part provision of new footways, walking route improvements and remote footpath upgrades, drop kerbs, traffic management at local school, 20 mile per hour zone and purchase of land for new footway on Mull
Clackmannan - £76,000 for the installation of permanent and part time 20 mile per hour speed limits outside schools. Also parking and stopping restrictions at school entrances and access routes and pedestrian crossings
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar - £50,000 for a pedestrian scheme, a cycle core path network, road safety in the community and footpath work
Dumfries & Galloway - £211,000 for cycle and walking links and paths between destinations within large towns in the area
Dundee City - £218,000 for dropped kerbs and footpath improvements at sheltered housing and school gates, contribution to completion of Paths for All network, anti-skid surfacing and flood lighting at pedestrian crossings and street light improvements on school routes
East Ayrshire - £189,000 for traffic signs, speed tables, road markings, footway extensions, barrier railings, pedestrian crossings, traffic calming and speed reduction measures outside schools
East Dunbartonshire - £176,000 for 'Twenty's Plenty' measures in residential areas and cycling and walking links from town centres to railway stations
East Lothian - £148,000 for reallocation of road space for pedestrian friendly environment, Zebra and dropped crossings, cycle lanes and parking facilities, traffic calming, street lighting and road safety works
East Renfrewshire - £142,000 for traffic calming, Puffin and Zebra crossings, advisory 20 miles per hour zones, new improved footways and cycle lanes
Edinburgh City - £739,000 for city wide 20 miles per hour zones, home Zone pilots, additional pedestrian crossings, upgrade of on-road cycle facilities and Safer Routes to Schools Measures
Falkirk - £227,000 for Safer Routes to Schools and Safer Routes to Stations Measures
Fife - £554,000 for traffic calming, 20 miles per hour zones, provide cycle lanes and facilities, new footpaths, pedestrian and cycle crossings, school access improvements and secure cycle storage/lockers at schools
Glasgow City - £991,000 for City Cycle Network, accident investigation and prevention measures and Safer Routes to Schools measures
Highland - £299,000 for cycle and walking routes connecting housing with school grounds, footpath construction, cycle sheds and stands, school entrance improvements, 20 mile per hour zones, traffic calming and speed tables, bus lay-bys, pedestrian crossings, 20 miles per hour speed limit
Inverclyde - £135,000 Extension of National Cycle Network Route 75 and provision of links from the route to local centres, upgrading of school crossing points and footway extension works
Midlothian - £134,000 for Safer Routes to Schools, cycle projects at school, lanes, lockers, reflective clothing and crossing points, set up cycle clubs at school, traffic calming in town centres and residential areas and upgrade of pedestrian crossings
Moray - £118,000 for improved pedestrian routes and crossings within major settlements, traffic management, school access improvements and cycle route construction
North Ayrshire - £217,000 for new footway link to provide pedestrian access to local shopping, safe route to stations, upgrade of cycle routes, school safety zones and off road cycle route
North Lanarkshire - £521,000 for twenty miles per hour zones and associated consultations, signing and materials
Orkney - £40,000 for new cycle paths and walkways to school and leisure facilities and lighting for paths
Perth & Kinross - £213,000 for Safer Routes to Schools, traffic calming, footway widening, pedestrian priority zone, 20 miles per hour zone, one way system around schools and speed tables
Renfrewshire - £282,000 for traffic management measures, school entrance improvements, advisory and statutory 20 miles per hour speed limits in residential areas, complete missing footpath links and upgrade remote footpaths, provide lighting for paths, provide secure cycle parking at town and village centres, stations and other public locations
Scottish Borders - £164,000 for Safer Routes to Schools studies and implementation, traffic calming, town network cycle trails, visibility improvements, road priority measures and Zebra crossing
South Ayrshire - £178,000 for cycle repair workshops, 'Healthy Heart' walking route, 20 miles per hour zones and traffic calming
South Lanarkshire - £503,000 for Safer Routes to Schools programme implementation, National Cycle Network improvements, traffic calming measures, accident investigation and prevention study, pedestrian crossings, advisory 20 miles per hour speed limits and measures to assist disabled pedestrians
Stirling - £133,000 for footway provision, pedestrian crossings, Safer Routes to Schools programme implementation, junction improvements, traffic management and Accident Investigation Prevention schemes
West Dunbartonshire - £151,000 for traffic calming and speed cushions on residential roads and at schools and Puffin crossings
West Lothian - £253,000 for traffic calming in residential areas, pedestrian improvement scheme, new footway, priority traffic scheme to improve safety of children going to school, Zebra crossing
For further details on individual projects please contact the relevant local authority press contact.
Awards from the fifth and final round of the Public Transport Fund were announced on Thursday 14 November by Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, Iain Gray and Deputy Lewis Macdonald.