Improvement works are now complete on a traffic-free cycling and walking route in Plymouth. With more than £380,000 of funding from Highways England, cycling and walking charity Sustrans has revamped the traffic-free route into the city and has improved its accessibility too. Sustrans has resurfaced the path, changing it from …
Read More »‘Major’ improvement works complete on traffic-free cycle and walking route to Oxford
Major improvement works have been completed on the traffic-free walking and cycling path at Kennington, giving people an alternative to joining the traffic on the usually busy A34. With more than £250,000 of funding from Highways England and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, Sustrans has resurfaced the path. …
Read More »Highways England to fund cycle routes in South of England
Highways England is to open new paths and fund the creation of cycle routes in the South East and South West of England. Since 2015, the company has pumped more than £85 million towards the creation of 160 new and upgraded cycleways across the country. Highways England chief executive Jim …
Read More ȣ10 million cycling investment helps people swap four wheels for two
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 out into the great outdoors and onto their bikes. As a part of Highways England’s Cycle, Safety and Integration Designated Funds programme, …
Read More »Bristol Family Cycling Centre to relocate
The Bristol Family Cycling Centre (BFCC) is to relocate. One possible site the council is looking at is the Henacre and Merriman’s Drive Open Space, Lawrence Weston, which benefits from an adjacent BMX track and a proposed new cycle route being built by Sustrans and funded by Highways England. The BFCC …
Read More »Highways England funding to bring cycling benefits to Cornwall
It is pumping £27 million into the county for a range of initiatives, including new cycle paths
Read More »A64 work will ‘improve cycle safety’
Cyclists 'will benefit' from £1.3 million of safety improvements thanks to a Highways England fund
Read More »Highways England partners with Sustrans to encourage people to cycle
Highways England has partnered with Sustrans to deliver a £3 million boost
Read More »New survey results to drive improvements in paths and crossing facilities
Research by Transport Focus measured experiences of cyclists and pedestrians on major A-roads and motorways maintained by Highways England
Read More »Withdrawal of proposed cycling ban on A63 a ‘victory for common sense’, says Cycling UK
The ban would have affected a 15-mile stretch of road between the North Cave interchange and the Daltry Street interchange
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