Local Sustainable Transport Fund
Stafford
Staffordshire County Council has submitted a bid for Local Sustainable Transport Funds for improving Access to Jobs, Training and Services in Stafford. The bid is for £4.2 million to fund a package of measures to be delivered over three financial years (2012/13 to 2014/15).
Schemes in the LSTF bid will target peak hour commuters, improve sustainable access to jobs, training and services, and help to reduce carbon emissions. Bus facilities and passenger information will be improved on congested routes and walking and cycling improvements will include a new 400 metre segregated route that will complete the eastern network. Businesses and residential communities will be encouraged to re-consider their travel habits through discounted bus travel, targeted promotion, a new mobile cycle centre and travel plan support to businesses. Commitment to implementation has already been secured from major local employers, the Chamber of Commerce and the bus operator, including participation in a Business Travel Plan Network, and full use will be made of a local cycling charity.
Stafford LSTF Application| (3.7Mb)
North Staffordshire
Staffordshire County Council and Stoke City Council have also submitted a bid for Local Sustainable Transport Fund for transport initiatives along a key corridor linking Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. The bid is for £5 million to fund a package of measures to be delivered over three financial years (2012/13 to 2014/15).
The package will help to connect local residents, particularly employees, job seekers and people in further/higher education to the opportunities available at two universities and colleges, the University Hospital and significant employment areas. This key corridor will be enhanced with traffic management, bus priority, improved bus services, passenger information and safe pedestrian environments. Parallel cycle routes will provide greater travel choice and complementary Home to Work initiatives will further enhance accessibility for job seekers. Directly related marketing and promotion will take place and travel planning will be boosted at the destinations benefiting from capital investment.
North Staffordshire LSTF Application| (4.8Mb)
North Staffordshire LSTF Application - Appendicies| (4.9Mb)
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