Bristol has received a £3.6 million boost from the government to make walking and cycling safer and easier. The extra cash will be spent on five new projects in the city centre, Knowle West, Old Market and Bedminster, as well as new cycle hangars to prevent bicycle theft.
City Hall bosses admitted Bristol’s cycling routes were “very patchy” but said this new funding would fill in some of the missing links. £259,000 of the new cash will be spent on developing the Old Market Quietway, linking up the Bath Railway Path and Castle Park.
Three other schemes will be drawn up with the new funding, which comes from the Department for Transport’s active travel fund, in Filwood, Deanery Road, and the Malago Greenway. £1,655,000 will be spent on construction in the Old City and on King Street.
