New cycle routes, signs and cycle parking facilities set to boost green commuting in Liverpool
New cycling lanes will be built in Liverpool after the city council received £640,000 from a European development fund to encourage green commuting.
The grant will fund seven new cycle routes into the city as well as joining up missing links in old lanes and improving signs and cycle parking facilities.
A pilot project to promote cycling, Cycle Speke, will also receive funding to promote cycling in the area by working with schools, businesses and residents and running cycle trips.
The scheme, run by Liverpool City Council, aims to improve public transport links, reduce cyclists' journey times and improve access to education, transport and employment areas.
Councillor Peter Millea said: 'This is a real boost to helping us provide greener means of transport. The new routes and promotion of cycling will certainly encourage more people to get on their bikes.'
The new routes cover 63 kilometres, more than the distance from Liverpool to Manchester, and include three orbital routes and four routes from the centre to different parts of the Croxteth area.
The funds were allocated by the Northwest European Regional Development Fund, which aims to stimulate economic development in the poorest areas of the EU.
Anne Selby, of the North West Sustainable Development Group, said the project would create 'substantial environmental benefits'.
She added: 'Through promoting the benefits of travelling by bike and improving facilities, I hope this project will encourage more people to consider cycling for local journeys.'
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