Bury makes £1.3 milliom commitment to walking and cycling
Greater Manchester’s Bee Network plan to deliver the UK’s first joined up cycling and walking network is set to see a boost in Bury, with £1.3m of funding released for new cycling and walking routes. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) has approved £1.3m of the Mayor’s Challenge Fund to progress four cycling and walking […]
Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan could put forward for approval this summer
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority will receive an update on the final Greater Manchester Clean Air Plan this week, which could be put forward for approval this summer. The update, expected on Friday, according to a new report by Transport for Greater Manchester, will say that work is already under way to assess and understand […]
GMCA to consider transport improvements to help deliver ‘world-class ‘integrated transport network for Greater Manchester
Multi-million pound funding proposals aimed at improving and developing the bus network and railway stations, delivering more electric vehicle charging points and working up plans for potential new Metrolink stops – helping to deliver the Mayor’s Our Network transport vision, will be considered by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). Alongside a suite of newly […]
Greater Manchester to deliver 24 miles of permanent walking and cycling routes
A further 24 miles of permanent walking and cycling routes will be delivered across Greater Manchester using £15.97 million from the government’s Active Travel fund (formerly the Emergency Active Travel Fund), Transport for Greater Manchester announced today. The funding will see 25 schemes delivered across all 10 councils to provide safe travel options for the […]
Safety is number one prioirty on Manchester’s transport network
A raft of high-profile measures in Manchester, aimed at keeping public transport users even safer and boosting confidence ahead of anticipated increase in travel post-lockdown, will be rolled-out in the coming days, the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has announced. The news follows government confirmation that Greater Manchester will be placed into Tier 3 – the highest level of local restrictions – following the ending of national restrictions on Wednesday 2 […]