CORNWALL is to receive £607,000 in Government funding to help create safe cycling and walking areas.
It’s part of the £10.6m Active Travel Fund for the South West.
The money could be used to fund measures such as School Streets, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and segregated cycle lanes.
Following discussions with local MPs, the government has stipulated that councils receiving money will have to meet tough new conditions to ensure schemes are properly thought through and the impact on other road users is closely weighed up.
Councils will also have longer to spend the money, ensuring there is time to consult local communities.
If these conditions are not met, future funding allocations will be reduced and the government could claw back some of the money already provided.
The government has previously pledged a “revolution in walking and cycling” with the Prime Minister saying he aims to double cycling and increase walking by 2025.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “It has been great to see so many people build cycling and walking into their daily travel habits.
“To support them, we know it’s vital to have the right infrastructure in place so everyone – cyclists, pedestrians and motorists – can use our roads.
“This funding will help further realise that ambition, but councils must engage with communities to develop schemes that work for everyone.”