Worcestershire welcomes multi-year government funding for highways, active travel and bus service improvements
Worcestershire County Council has welcomed recent announcements from the Department for Transport (DfT), confirming funding for highways maintenance and bus service improvements in the county. The government has set out Worcestershire’s highways maintenance capital allocation for the next four years, providing improved financial certainty compared with the previous one-year settlement for 2025/26. The funding covers […]
Norfolk secures multi-year funding boost for highways and bus services
Norfolk County Council has welcomed two major funding announcements from government, providing long-term certainty for highways maintenance and bus services for the first time in many years. The multi-year settlements will allow the council to plan with confidence and deliver programmes of work that join up different funding streams to maximise impact for residents and […]
Active travel capability fund: DfT announces local transport authority allocations 2025
Final active travel funding allocations for local transport authorities have been released by the Deparment for Transport. The allocations are part of integrated and consolidated transport settlements for financial years 2026/27 to 2029/30. West Midlands Combined Authority tops the list with a £36m investment over the next four years. Funding supports local transport authorities with […]
Croydon Council announces £9m connected transport plan
£9 million is set to be invested in making Croydon a better-connected borough with more transport links. The council has revealed its plans to utilise this money over the next two years to boost the borough’s connectivity, enhance growth, and improve opportunities for all, says the Croydon Guardian. The plans span various areas, aiming to […]
New ncat funding targets barriers in vehicle stops, travel assistance and transport information
The National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) has announced that it is launching its second round of Scaling Innovation Programme funding today. The programme, led by ncat’s partner Connected Places Catapult, offers funding to address key barriers faced by disabled people. Connected Places Catapult contributes business and technical proficiency to support the programme, ensuring innovative […]
New competition for feasibility projects announced
Innovate UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) have announced a new competition to support feasibility projects exploring use cases and business cases for quantum sensing technologies in the transport sector. The aim of the competition is to improve the transport sector by accelerating the development of innovative quantum sensing technologies to solve transport challenges, increasing the efficiency and resilience […]
Plugged-In Communities: £4m to decarbonise transport
Community transport operators are invited to apply for Scottish Government funding to invest in zero emission vehicles and charging infrastructure. The latest round of the Plugged-in Communities Fund makes £4 million available for the purchase or lease of electric vehicles, including wheelchair accessible vehicles, and the associated charging infrastructure. Since the launch of the Plugged-in […]
£104m government investment will ‘deliver faster, more reliable travel for millions’
Millions of people across the country will have greater access to jobs, education and public services thanks to a £104 million government funding boost, which will be shared with communities outside England’s major cities. With the additional resource funding, local authorities can now decide how to improve public transport and drive forward schemes that boost growth and matter […]
Ready for the Future: Funding opportunity from transport charity Rees Jeffreys Road Fund
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund has announced the release of a new funding opportunity. Ready for the Future grants are for highways and transport professionals to support them to gain the emerging skills needed for the future in the transport sector. Aimed at filling the future skills gap, applicants can apply for funding to learn […]
GoSafe lose 84% of camera sites due to law change
GoSafe, the Wales Road Casualty Reduction Partnership at one point operated at 220 speed camera sites monitoring 30mph zones, but due to the new ‘default speed limit’ of 20mph that number has been reduced to just nine. The detail came at the latest North Wales Police and Crime Panel meeting, where Superintendent Simon Barrasford delivered […]