Purpose

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).

Content

To approve the allocation and delivery of
£386,380 grant funding.