http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: cycling spending budget - Recent Topics en Mon, 18 May 2026 20:16:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9191#post-95432 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:48:52 +0000 kaputnik 95432@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-20889202">Cyclists get £3.9m funding boostContinue reading the main story </a></p> <p>BBC News article.</p> <p><em>The Scottish government is to invest an extra £3.9m in cycling infrastructure over the next two years.</em></p> <p><em>"In the Highlands and Argyll &amp; Bute, we are committing £3m to fast track the National Cycle Network route 78 between Oban and Inverness.</p> <p>"The Great Glen cycle path will be an iconic route which will boost the local economy through the additional tourism in an area which already attracts over 20,000 spectators to the World Mountain Bike Championship each year in Fort William."</p> <p>As part of the commitment to route 78, a cycle route will also be created between Oban and Appin, to link a remote community off the main Oban to Fort William section of the larger route.</p> <p>A further £500,000 will go towards improving access to stations on the successful Airdrie to Bathgate railway.</p> <p>And £400,000 will be spent on increasing cycle parking at schools, which Mr Brown said would help encourage more children to cycle.<br /> </em></p> <p>Part of the £205m infrastructure spending announced recently, meaning cycling now up to 1.9% of that pot of money! </p>