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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.