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<p>Since 2010, local authorities have benefited from funding for sustainable transport
initiatives, including cycling and walking, through the Local Sustainable Transport
Fund and its successors the Sustainable Travel Transition Year and Access Fund. Details
of the areas where DfT funding has been allocated can be found at: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html"
target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html</a></p><p>
</p><p>Southampton received £4.947m from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund between
2011 and 2016 for a range of measures to reduce carbon which included walking and
cycling initiatives, and will receive a further £2.3m from the Access Fund between
2017 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Southampton Central station benefited from
a £150,000 cycle-rail grant in 2012/13, and the Department has funded around £220,000
worth of Bikeability cycle training in Southampton over the last five years.</p><p>
</p><p>Southampton has also received funding over the last five years through the
Government’s Local Growth Fund, Highways Maintenance Block and the Integrated Transport
Block. As this funding is not ring-fenced, however, the Department does not hold data
on how much of it may have been spent on cycling networks.</p><p> </p>
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