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Cycling and Walking: Greater Manchester

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 225438, tabled on 25 February 2019

Question

Andrew Gwynne
Labour
Denton and Reddish
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate funds to Transport for Greater Manchester to implement its Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.

Answer

Jesse Norman
Conservative
Hereford and South Herefordshire
Commons

Answered on

28 February 2019

This answer is a correction from the original answer.

The Government has allocated a total of £312.5 million to Greater Manchester over the five-year period to 2022-23 as part of the Transforming Cities Fund. £160 million of this will help support the creation of a comprehensive cycling and walking network, informed by the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan that is currently being developed by Transport for Greater Manchester.

Original answer

The Government has allocated a total of £321.5 million to Greater Manchester over the five-year period to 2022-23 as part of the Transforming Cities Fund. £160 million of this will help support the creation of a comprehensive cycling and walking network, informed by the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan that is currently being developed by Transport for Greater Manchester.

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