Sheffield City Region’s Mayoral Combined Authority working on £50m bid from Government’s Levelling Up Fund to improve passenger journey experience
The Sheffield City Region (SCR) Mayoral Combined Authority (MCA) is working on a bid to secure £50m from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund that is focused on improving the passenger journey experience on public transport in South Yorkshire. The investment will made in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK, including regenerating town centres […]
Sheffield Mayor Dan Jarvis calls for sustained support for the regions buses and trams alongside rail investment
Sheffield Mayor Dan Jarvis has told Transport Secretary Grant Shapps that there is a need for ‘sustained support’ for the region’s trams and buses alongside rail investment to enable the transition back to normality after the Covid pandemic. Mayor Jarvis said: “Nowhere is there more potential or need for ambition than in our bus network. […]
‘Transforming infrastructure’on the agenda as Sheffield City Region set to spend £860 millon on covid recovery
Transforming infrastructure – building South Yorkshire’s transport network and revitalising its high streets and towns will feature as a major part of a £860m spend by the Sheffield City region on covied recovery. It will invest hundreds of millions into schemes to protect, create and attract thousands of jobs, train workers and apprentices and back […]
Rotherham could get Sheffield City Region funding to increase cycle routes
Key routes across Rotherham town centre could be transformed thanks to regeneration funding. The Sheffield City Region copuld spend up to £11 million on infrastructure to accommodate cyclists in pedestrianised areas, on a new bridge as part of the Forge Island scheme, and on creating walking and cycling routes between Rotherham and Sheffield. The Rotherham […]
