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UK allocates £10m to encourage use of bikes
Highways England has delivered a £10 million boost to cycleways across the East of England in the last five years in a bid to encourage more people to use bikes.
This falls within the framework of the UK’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
As a part of Highways England’s Cycle, Safety and Integration Designated Funds program, 19 cycling schemes have been constructed in the region since 2015 while a further 11 are expected to be completed by the end of March 2020.
To motivate people to swap four wheels for two, Highways England has worked to provide smoother cycle paths, safer crossings and better signage to connect the cycle network that criss-crosses the region, linking villages, towns and cities.
Highways England Regional Director, Martin Fellows, said “we want to make sure that our roads in the East create opportunities for cyclists, not barriers to journeys. Our vision five years ago was to create better and improved cycling facilities that are safe and separate from traffic, which encourages cycling as a sustainable form of transport and make every day journeys as easy as possible.”
“In the future we’ll continue this great initiative of upgrading the cycle network alongside out road enhancements, ensuring that people are able to cycle and walk more – with obvious benefits to their health, safety and the wider environment.”
The work in the East of England is part of Highways England’s £175 million dedicated fund to provide improvements and new facilities which make it safer and easy for cyclists and pedestrians to negotiate its roads.
People cycling or walking on the National Cycle Network linking London Stansted Airport with communities across Essex are benefitting from £800,000 of improvements provided by this special fund in 2018.
Cyclists can enjoy a safe and scenic route across the busy M11 motorway thanks to the Highways England project to restore the one-mile route between Birchanger village and the airport.
Highways England also invested £2.5 million into bolstering cycle routes near Lowestoft, in Suffolk.
The project made significant improvements to the cycle routes making it easier for people peddling through the town, while a signalized crossing, dropped kerbs and improved signage was also introduced.
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