More than £8.6 million has been granted to Glasgow City Council to promote the city’s active travel network and sustainable transport methods.
Members of the City Administration Committee have agreed to use £4 million funding from Transport Scotland to speed up the delivery of three active travel projects.
This will see £2.5 million go towards the Connecting Battlefield scheme which will oversee the delivery of segregated cycle routes and improvements to public space to encourage walking, wheeling and cycling while £1 million will improve accessibility along the North East active travel route.
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A further £500,000 will see a two-way segregated cycle route at Pitt Street between Sauchiehall and Waterloo Street.
Part of the overall funding will deliver £4.06 million to support a range of active travel related activities including continued installation of next bikes stations, school bike shelters, cycle activated signage and junction improvements for visually impaired users.
It will also support junction and pedestrian upgrades on school routes to encourage walking and cycling to school.
The final £560,000 will support the Glasgow Communities Cycling Network and the Glasgow Active Travel projects which will include projects focusing on bike maintenance and repair as well as cycle training for a variety of age groups and family friendly bikes.
Councillor Angus Millar, convenor for transport, said: “This paper is yet another acceptance of funds. This time the committee is invited to accept £8.6 million of funds that the council has been successful in securing to support a range of active travel projects.
“[The first] £4 million of this relates to successful bids to the Scottish Government Active Travel Transformation Fund (ATTF) for accelerated delivery of projects while a further £4.06 million will support a variety of sustainable transport projects.
“Committee is also asked to approve an additional funding stream of £560,000 of smarter choices, smarter places funding to support a range of active travel initiatives as well.”
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