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I previously provided an estimate of what 5% of relevant transport budgets would mean for cycling next year as £1.04m. This was an estimate as the Revenue funding picture was not complete and I deliberately estimated on the low side so as not to disappoint. Finance and Transport Officers have been going through the detail of the revenue budgets since then and I can update you as follows:
The total Council budget for cycling will increase from £600k Capital and c£100k Revenue this year to £957k Capital and £478k Revenue for 12/13 . That's £1.435m in total - (£395k more than the previous estimate and more than doubling the cycling budget from 11/12).
Our priorities for Cycle spending in the year ahead will be up for discussion at the Cycle Forum in a fortnight's time but on the Revenue side will include a cycle leasing scheme (which I will provide details of shortly) and a package of cycle promotion measures targeted at potential cyclists/ employers and other places of work, study, leisure or accommodation where people might be encouraged to travel to/from by bike.
Kind regards
Gordon
Councillor Gordon Mackenzie
Convener of Transport, Infrastructure and Environment Committee
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