Cycling and Walking 2021-03-11
2021-03-11
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Q1
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The question addresses the government's efforts to encourage more local councils to promote cycling and walking.
What steps the Government are taking to help local authorities increase levels of cycling and walking.
The Government are investing £2 billion in active travel over the rest of this Parliament, much of which will go to local authorities. This is the biggest ever boost for cycling and walking.
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Q2
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There are concerns about certain local authorities, such as Kensington and Chelsea in London, not supporting cycling infrastructure despite central government funding.
Many local authorities, including Conservative-run Devon and Labour-run Exeter, are working very well together to deliver on the Government's vision. What will the Minister do about the small number of obstructionist local councils, such as Kensington and Chelsea in London, which, incredibly, does not have a single segregated bike lane in the whole borough and, furthermore, recently tore out a new temporary one that was very popular with local families, forcing those families and children back out on to a busy main road on their way to school?
Devon County Council has received £1.6 million from the active travel fund in this financial year and is spending it very wisely. There are local authorities that have not consulted on schemes quite as well as we would have liked in the past. We are trying to rectify that, and we are working from the centre with local authorities that are struggling to deliver schemes, to ensure that they deliver them properly, with the appropriate consultation, and that taxpayers' money is spent wisely.
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Specific actions regarding obstructionist councils like Kensington and Chelsea were not addressed directly.
Working From The Centre With Local Authorities
Rectifying Poor Consultations
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