Question reference: S5W-01849
- Asked by: Tom Arthur, MSP for Renfrewshire South, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 9 August 2016
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2016
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage active travel in the Renfrewshire South constituency.
Answer
The Scottish Government provides direct funding to local authorities for active travel through the Cycling, Walking, Safer Streets (CWSS) ring fenced budget within the local authority settlement. The CWSS has allocated £720,000 to Renfrewshire over the last three financial years. In addition, the Scottish Government provides grant funding to a number of organisations to support sustainable and active travel initiatives. These include Cycling Scotland, Paths for All and Sustrans Scotland. Since 2014-15, the following projects have been taken forward in the Renfrewshire South area. Cycling Scotland has distributed £32,000 to projects under the Cycle Friendly and Sustainable Communities, Cycle Friendly Campus and Cycle Friendly Service Centre programmes. These include funding for Ride 63 in Lochwinnoch, the Neilston Development Trust and the University of the West of Scotland. Renfrewshire Council has been allocated over £320,000 in 2015-16 and 2016-17 through the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places programme, administered by Paths for All. Projects supported include improving signage on cycleways, promotional events for walking and cycling, the printing of maps and posters, and personal travel planning. Finally, Sustrans has provided £44,000 for a project to make access improvements on the NCN75 / NCN7 Paisley to Bridge of Weir walking and cycling route.