{"id":86648,"date":"2020-12-16T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T10:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=86648"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:38:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T10:38:17","slug":"active-travel-schemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/active-travel-schemes\/86648\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a35.5m Active Travel schemes in Manchester approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchester.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City Council<\/a>\u2019s \u00a35.5m bid to create new permanent cycling and walking routes in Manchester city centre and Wythenshawe has been given the green light<\/h2>\n<p>With funding confirmed, Manchester City Council has the green light to develop plans for both schemes to be brought forward for public consultation.<\/p>\n<p>It will be used to fund the development and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/mayfield-regeneration\/86376\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction of a new city centre<\/a> \u2018Triangle\u2019, plus a 5.4-mile route to improve connectivity for people cycling and walking in the Wythenshawe area.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a34m city centre &#8216;Triangle\u2019 vision will see improved cycling and walking links created between the city centre\u2019s three major train stations: Deansgate, Piccadilly and Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>It will reallocate road space to pedestrians and cyclists and create active travel links between key transport hubs, incorporating other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/midlands-road-schemes\/62294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pedestrian and cycling schemes<\/a> within the city to create a more pleasant space for pedestrians and people on bikes.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme\u2019s final design and route are to be determined subject to public consultation.<\/p>\n<p>The \u00a31.5m Wythenshawe scheme will be developed by Manchester City Council, in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trafford.gov.uk\/Home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trafford Borough Council<\/a>, to improve cycling links between Wythenshawe town centre, Wythenshawe Hospital and the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme will involve the construction of new cycle routes and parallel crossings, while existing off-highway cycleways will be widened and resurfaced, with new lighting provided. The final route will be subject to consultation.<\/p>\n<h3>Improving active travel links<\/h3>\n<p>The money is part of the second tranche of the government\u2019s Active Travel Fund, which has been granted to Greater Manchester by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/department-for-transport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department for Transport<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Executive member for the Environment, Planning and Transport, Angeliki Stogia, said: \u201cWe welcome this announcement of fresh funding, which comes as a major boost to our existing plans to strengthen Manchester\u2019s network of permanent cycling and walking infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will now be able to quickly move forward with developing plans for a cycling and walking \u2018Triangle\u2019 of connected routes in the city centre, while also improving active travel links to Wythenshawe Hospital and Manchester Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re committed to bringing forward schemes which provide new high-quality cycling and walking routes to support the long-term, sustainable shift towards active travel and away from the car.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is vital if the city is to be successful in meeting the ambitious goal of becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/construction-technology-news\/digital-engineering-zero-carbon-goals\/84796\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">zero-carbon<\/a> by 2038 at the latest.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City Council\u2019s \u00a35.5m bid to create new permanent cycling and walking routes in Manchester city centre and Wythenshawe has been given the green light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[566,676,997,279,276,579,17747,952,567,280],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86648","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-air-quality","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-government","12":"tag-infrastructure","13":"tag-manchester","14":"tag-planning","15":"tag-planning-system","16":"tag-transport"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00a35.5m Active Travel schemes in Manchester approved<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Manchester City Council\u2019s \u00a35.5m bid to create new permanent cycling and walking routes in Manchester and Wythenshawe has been given the green light\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/active-travel-schemes\/86648\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u00a35.5m Active Travel schemes in Manchester approved\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester City Council\u2019s \u00a35.5m bid to create new permanent cycling and walking routes in Manchester and Wythenshawe has been given the green light\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/active-travel-schemes\/86648\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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