Cheshire & Warrington Local Transport Body Date of Meeting: Friday 6 April 2018 Report of: Roy Newton Subject/Title: Sustainable Travel Access Fund Report Summary The C&W LEP was awarded £5 million as part of Local Growth Fund (LGF) to fund projects as part of the sub-region’s Active Travel Investment Strategy. Local authorities were invited to submit bids for funding towards schemes in line with the intentions set out in the original LGF bid. Bids were received for 8 schemes totalling around £7.5 million. Following assessment of the bids and discussions with authorities on the scalability of some of the schemes to maximise the outcomes within the available budget, the following distribution of the is proposed: Scheme Name Promoting Authority Bid Proposed Allocation (£’000s) (£’000s) Wilmslow Strategic and Cheshire East Council 850 500 Walking Route Northwest Crewe Cycling and Cheshire East Council 1200 1100 Walking Link A5117 Cycle Route, Cheshire West & Chester 380 380 Ellesmere Port Council Sutton Way Boulevard, Cheshire West & Chester 640 640 Ellesmere Port Council Station View and Canal Cheshire West & Chester 2739 680 Towpath Enhancement Council Trans Pennine Trail upgrade Warrington Council 600 600 Chester Road promenade Warrington Council 600 600 route Burtonwood to Omega shared Warrington Council 500 500 use path Total 7509 5000 Recommendation The Local Transport Body is asked to endorse the proposed distribution of the sustainable travel access fund, subject to satisfactory business cases being developed.
Cheshire & Warrington Local Transport Body Date of Meeting: Friday 6 April 2018 Report of: Roy Newton Subject/Title: Sustainable Travel Access Fund Report Summary The C&W LEP was awarded £5 million as part of Local Growth Fund (LGF) to fund projects as part of the sub-region’s Active Travel Investment Strategy. Local authorities were invited to submit bids for funding towards schemes in line with the intentions set out in the original LGF bid. Bids were received for 8 schemes totalling around £7.5 million. Following assessment of the bids and discussions with authorities on the scalability of some of the schemes to maximise the outcomes within the available budget, the following distribution of the is proposed: Scheme Name Promoting Authority Bid (£’000s) Proposed Allocation (£’000s) Wilmslow Strategic and Walking Route Cheshire East Council 850 500 Northwest Crewe Cycling and Walking Link Cheshire East Council 1200 1100 A5117 Cycle Route, Ellesmere Port Cheshire West & Chester Council 380 380 Sutton Way Boulevard, Ellesmere Port Cheshire West & Chester Council 640 640 Station View and Canal Towpath Enhancement Cheshire West & Chester Council 2739 680 Trans Pennine Trail upgrade Warrington Council 600 600 Chester Road promenade route Warrington Council 600 600 Burtonwood to Omega shared use path Warrington Council 500 500 Total 7509 5000 Recommendation The Local Transport Body is asked to endorse the proposed distribution of the sustainable travel access fund, subject to satisfactory business cases being developed.
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