The Council has agreed a programme of vital improvement works across the Royal Borough’s transport network, supported by nearly £1.5 million funding from Transport for London (TfL).
The funding will be used to deliver a range of measures to help reduce traffic, improve air quality, encourage walking, cycling and use of public transport, and support the rollout of ultra-low emission vehicles. The work will help to create a cleaner, greener, safer and healthier borough, in line with the Council’s new Transport Strategy and the Carbon Neutral Plan.
Cllr Averil Lekau, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, Environment and Transport, said: “This gives us a great opportunity to deliver some vital projects around Royal Greenwich that will make the borough safer for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. The consultation undertaken on our Transport Strategy helped to identify key projects which will make a real difference for everyone, and what is most important to local people.
“Whilst this funding is lower than the Council has received from TfL in previous years, we’re aware of the significant financial constraints it’s operating under. We have allocated all of the funding to priority projects in the borough and I’m focused on delivering them over the coming months.
“We’re also continuing to assess how we can use additional sources of funding like developer contributions and Council revenue budgets, to complement TfL’s money and address other priorities set out in our new Transport Strategy.”
The money is part of TfL’s annual Local Implementation Plan (LIP) programme which it uses to help London boroughs deliver transport improvements, and follows the approval of a funding agreement between TfL and central government in August.
The Council is also looking at how it can work in partnership with other organisations to deliver schemes to improve transport in the borough.
