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Capability and Ambition Fund tranche 3 award

Bristol City Council have been awarded £386,380 of grant funding from Active Travel England via the West of England Combined Authority to develop five walking and cycling schemes and help deliver the behaviour change programme.
This revenue grant enables local transport authorities to enable walking, wheeling and cycling in their areas by:
1.Developing active travel infrastructure plans and designs and evidence collection using £250,000 of the above total – titled part A, focused on the schemes below:
oPrince Street Bridge
oWesley Way
oSt Philips Road/Midland Road
oBristol to Bath Railway path Missing Link
oThree Bridges Study
2.Carrying out community engagement activities, such as grants, loans, training and sustainable travel promotion
oThis is part B with a total value of £136,380 to be committed within the same timescales as part A.
As with previous rounds of Capability Funding, the funding was allocated on a scheme-by-scheme basis (rather than population percentage), with sensitivity given to providing investment for the whole region. In order to do so, officers assessed a shortlist of schemes against the following criteria:
-Value for Money
-Propensity to convert short trips
-Targets areas of poor health outcomes
-Level of political support
-Level of public engagement
-Strategic fit
These priorities match the requirements of the fund, ATE priorities and the MCA commitment to making walking and cycling the natural choice for shorter journeys. To produce the values of the ‘Value for Money’ and ‘Propensity to convert short trips’ criteria, the MCA ran the schemes through DfT’s Active Travel Modes Appraisal (AMAT).

Decision type: Non-key

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Notice of proposed decision first published: 31/01/2025

Decision due: 10 Jan 2025 by Executive Director: Growth and Regeneration

Lead member: Councillor Ed Plowden Cllr.Ed.Plowden@bristol.gov.uk

Contact: John Smith, Interim Executive Director: Growth & Regeneration Email: john.smith2@bristol.gov.uk.

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