Funding for safe cycle routes will be slashed by more than half unless the government urgently commits to a new long-term budget, prominent campaigners have warned.
Chris Boardman, the Olympic champion cyclist, and Jon Snow, the broadcaster, have joined big businesses like the National Grid and GSK in calling on the government to invest in creating safe roads for people to commute by bike.
Today, a legal requirement comes into force obliging ministers to create a “cycling and walking investment strategy”. Campaigners have stressed that it should be completed urgently and must pledge a significant long-term budget to counteract an imminent drop in funding.
Around £290 million will be invested in cycle safety across England in 2015/16, but half of this amount is spent in