It's that time of the year again. John Swinney has announced an extra £6m for cycle infrastructure over two years (this year and next). Obviously better than nothing, but not exactly a lot of money in the big scheme of things.
The "Support for sustainable and active travel" budget line falls from £35m in 2013/14 to £19m in 2014/15 - although some of this is due to much of the expenditure being on the Glasgow Fastlink bus and Fife Park and Ride site which are currently under development.
The Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets budget falls from £6.1m in 2012/13 to £5.6m in 2013/14 and rises to £8.2m in 2014/15.
Certainly no step change in funding - it's difficult to tell from the figures available whether this represents any real change in Scottish Government expenditure on cycling between this year and next - as the cycling budget is mixed in with other expenditure. At best I would say that expenditure is holding steady.
posts
