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<p>Data on spend on transport infrastructure projects is not available at the level
of Thornbury and Yate, however figures are available for the South West for total
public transport spend, listed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Total Public
Transport Spend for the South West</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2010-11<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2011-12<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2012-13<br>
outturn</p></td><td><p>2013-14<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2014-15<br> outturn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>987</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>928</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,047</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Current</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>767</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="9"><p>Note: includes spend by Central Government, Local Government, and Public
Corporations</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures above include
all public transport spending including local transport infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>South
Gloucestershire Council is responsible for local transport infrastructure in Thornbury
and Yate, including local roads. The funding allocated to South Gloucestershire Council
for local highways infrastructure and other transport schemes between 2010-11 and
2015-16 is listed in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Integrated
Transport block £m</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance block £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1.690</p></td><td><p>14.334*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1.603**</p></td><td><p>4.373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1.466</p></td><td><p>4.632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1.466</p></td><td><p>5.108***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.061</p></td><td><p>4.549***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1.277</p></td><td><p>5.080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>9.563</p></td><td><p>38.076*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>* in 2010/11 South Gloucestershire formed part of the Greater Bristol (Joint
Plan) area and it is not possible to breakdown the maintenance block figure for that
year.</p><p>** includes the top up announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement.</p><p>***
includes the top up announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p>South Gloucestershire
Council have been successful in gaining the following funding for transport infrastructure
projects, some of which will have benefitted the Thornbury and Yate constituency:</p><p>
</p><ul><li><strong>£13.950m</strong> from the Local Highways Maintenance Challenge
Fund in March 2015 for major maintenance of the A4174 Avon Ring Road between the A38
at Filton and the A4 at Hicks Gate. The scheme will involve structural maintenance
of three significant structures, extending the life of the existing carriageway, as
well as providing footways and cycleway maintenance and enhancements.</li></ul><p>
</p><ul><li>The Department for Transport has invested £175.8m in six Local Major Transport
schemes to provide bus rapid transport across the West of England which included <strong>£51.1m</strong>
in 2015 to provide a route between South Gloucestershire and Bristol, this is now
under construction with an estimated opening date of August 2017.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The
West of England Partnership has allocated the following from the Local Growth Fund
to transport schemes across the West of England, which will benefit the Thornbury
and Yate constituency:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Sustainable Transport Programme</strong>
- <strong>£20m for </strong>transport capital measures to make it easier to walk,
cycle, and travel by public transport</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>West
of England local pinch points programme</strong> - <strong>£4m </strong>for 3 schemes
at congestion hotspots and provide new and improved access to key economic sites.</p><p><br><strong>West
of England minor transport schemes package £0.5m</strong> - to improve highway infrastructure
and network management.</p><p> </p><p><strong>MetroWest Phase 1</strong> <strong>£53.4m</strong>-
to reopen the Portishead rail line and provide better local rail services in the West
of England.</p><p> </p><p><strong>MetroWest Phases 2</strong> <strong>£3.2m </strong>towards
a rail scheme to reopen the Henbury line, with potential new stations and improved
local rail services in the West of England.</p>
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