nationwide drive to promote cycling in cities and national parks across England will be launched today. Cyclists in a city. Photo: Nick Ansell/PA Images. Photo: Nick Ansell/PA Images. The Prime Minister announces the biggest ever single injection of cash for the country alongside plans to make roads safer for those on two wheels. £77 million will be divided between Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford and Norwich, while the New Forest, Peak District, South Downs and Dartmoor will each share a slice of £17 million funding for national parks. With local contributions, the total new funding for cycling is £148 million between now and 2015. The announcement includes a commitment from the government to cut red tape that can stifle cycle-friendly road design and to encourage changes to the way roads are built or altered. Councils will be expected to up their game to deliver infrastructure that takes cycling into account from the design stage. Prime Minister David Cameron said: Following our success in the Olympics, the Paralympics and the Tour de France, British cycling is riding high - now we want to see cycling soar. Our athletes have shown they are among the best in the world and we want to build on that, taking our cycling success beyond the arena and onto the roads, starting a cycling revolution which will remove the barriers for a new generation of cyclists. Great but What about London?
Posted on: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 08:35:09 +0000
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