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<p><strong>a) £175 million cycling, safety and integration fund</strong></p><p> </p><p>Highways
England is developing a programme of initiatives to improve the safety of the network
and to also improve facilities for cyclists, pedestrians and equestrians, identifying
further opportunities for improved integration with wider transport networks such
as Park & Ride.</p><p> </p><p>This fund supports their ambition to reduce the
number of casualties on the strategic road network and encourage walking and cycling
as an everyday mode of travel, as set out in the DfT Cycling and Walking Investment
Strategy.</p><p> </p><p><strong>(b) £75 million air quality investment fund referred
to in the Government's Road Investment Strategy for the period 2015-16 to 2019-20.</strong></p><p>
</p><p>Highways England’s Delivery Plan commits them to start 10 air quality pilot
studies in the first 2 years of this road investment period.</p><p>These studies are
designed to identify new and innovative solutions that will be funded using the air
quality designated fund, to improve air quality alongside the strategic road network
and support delivery of the major improvement schemes identified in the Road Investment
Strategy. <br> <br>Highways England’s work in relation to air quality, and the use
of the £75million air quality designated fund (2015 – 20), is in support of the Government’s
National Air Quality Plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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