Multi-million-pound investment awarded to improve walking and cycling in Essex.
Essex County Council has secured £7.3 million from Active Travel England to improve walking and cycling across the county.
The county council has worked with city and district councils since 2020 to design a network of over 400 walking and cycling routes.
The funding announced today (12 February) will be used to deliver new walking and cycling schemes, maintain existing active travel provision and offer more community training, such as Bikeability for school children.
The council will now review the detail of the funding and decide how to best allocate it to achieve the biggest impact and value for money.
Councillor Tom Cunningham, Cabinet Member for Highways, Infrastructure and Sustainable Transport at Essex County Council, said: “I’m very pleased Essex County Council has been able to secure this important investment which will make walking, cycling and wheeling a safer and simpler option for many residents.
“I’m committed to giving everybody a safer, greener and healthier choice in how they travel. Whether our residents walk or cycle for shorter journeys, as part of a longer trip or decide to drive one day and walk the next, we want them to have choices. This additional funding will expand the options available.”
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