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<p>The Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, to be published in summer 2016, will
set out the Government’s plans for investing in cycling and walking.</p><br /><p>The
Government recently reaffirmed its commitment to cycling and walking, with SR2015
announcing funding support ofover £300m. This includes delivering the £114m Cycle
City Ambition programme in full, which includes improved cycling infrastructure on
roads, and a new ‘Access’ fund for sustainable travel building on the legacy of the
Local Sustainable Transport Fund. In addition, the Road Investment Strategy for 2015-20
includes plans to improve 200 sections of the roads network for cyclists. All other
funding streams will be considered as part of the process for developing the Cycling
and Walking Investment Strategy.</p><br /><p>It is also worth noting that from within
the record £6 billion to be allocated to local highways authorities between 2015 and
2021 for road maintenance, from 2018/19 the plan is to change the formula used to
allocate local highways maintenance capital funding so that it also takes into account
footways and cycleways as well as the roads, bridges and street lighting, which it
is currently based on. Once implemented, around 9% of the funding will be based on
footway and cycleway lengths.</p><br /><p>SR2015 also announced an additional £250m
for a potholes action fund, which will benefits both motorists and cyclists.</p><br
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