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Extra cash for safer streets
11/09/2003
Local authorities are to receive an additional £16.85
million over two years for cycling, walking and safer
streets projects.
The extra funding, allocated from last year's Other
Public Transport budget, is intended to enable councils to
further develop and introduce a wide variety of projects
for cyclists and pedestrians in their area, including:
- cycle lanes and pedestrian footpaths
- installation of pedestrian and cyclists'
crossings
- traffic-free entrances to schools and the provision
of secure cycle storage and locker facilities at
schools and elsewhere
Announcing the extra resources at the Scottish
Parliament's cross party group on cycling, Transport
Minister Nicol Stephen said:
"The Executive has awarded Councils nearly £21 million
since 2000 for projects to promote cycling and walking and
to improve the safety of routes to schools.
"The additional funds I have announced today will extend
those benefits and help local authorities to make our
streets safer through measures such as cycle lanes,
pedestrian footpaths and safer routes to schools.
"Many innovative cycling and walking projects have been
developed as a result of this funding. The funds announced
today will support significant new improvements. These
projects can greatly benefit local communities and make it
easier for children and local people to walk and cycle as
an enjoyable and healthy way to travel.
"The Executive is committed to cutting the number of
deaths and injuries on our roads and has set a target to
halve the number of children killed and seriously injured
by 2010.
"We are on target to achieve this, with a 38 percent
drop in 2002 in the number of children killed or seriously
injured compared to the mid-1990s level. Today's
announcement will lead to safer schemes for walking and
cycling, helping us to meet our target."
The additional funding levels will be £8.2 million in
2004-05 and £8.65 million in 2005-06, representing an
uprate of the £8 million allocation in 2003-04.
Allocations by local authority:
2004-05
2005-06
Aberdeen City 343 362
Aberdeenshire 367 388
Angus 175 185
Argyll & Bute 148 156
Clackmannanshire 78 82
Dumfries & Galloway 240 252
Dundee City 236 248
East Ayrshire 195 205
East Dunbartonshire 175 185
East Lothian 146 154
East Renfrewshire 145 153
Edinburgh, city of 727 767
Eilean Siar 43 45
Falkirk 235 248
Fife 566 597
Glasgow City 937 988
Highland 338 357
Inverclyde 136 144
Midlothian 131 138
Moray 141 149
North Ayrshire 220 232
North Lanarkshire 520 549
Orkney 31 31
Perth & Kinross 219 231
Renfrewshire 280 295
Scottish Borders 173 183
Shetland 36 38
South Ayrshire 182 192
South Lanarkshire 490 516
Stirling 140 147
West Dunbartonshire 151 159
West Lothian 258 272
Total £8,200,000 £8,650,000