Council approves active travel scheme investment

The council's active travel scheme includes investment for a new cycle path along Thorpe Wood

A plan to encourage active and sustainable transport within a city has been approved.

Peterborough City Council approved the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for the next ten years.

The plan outlines how investments will be made to improve cycling and walking routes.

Councillor Mohammed Jamil, Peterborough City Council's cabinet member for environment and transport, said the plan will have a “positive impact” on the city’s environment.

The LCWIP has been compiled following input from the council’s cycling and walking task and finish group, the climate change and environment scrutiny committee, and the cabinet.

It will also put the council in a better position to bid for active travel schemes in the future, building on the current funding that has already been secured which includes around £3m for a new cycleway on Thorpe Wood.

The funding also includes nearly £1m to design cycleways along sections of Oundle Road, Thorpe Road and adjacent to Bourges Boulevard.

Mr Jamil said: “The LCWIP will have positive impacts on the environment as it will enable people to travel via active and sustainable modes in the future, tying in with our work to reduce carbon emissions.

“We are committed to providing quality walking and cycling routes, which will enable more people to travel to work, education or for leisure in a sustainable way.”

Other major schemes where active travel is a major component include the £48m Peterborough Station Quarter and around £400k of revenue grant for feasibility and early design options to help develop the 16 cycling routes.