TfL supplies London Boroughs with over £63 million in funding for safer and healthier streets

Transport for London (TfL) has invested in excess of £63 million in attempting to make streets safer and healthier across the capital. 

This Healthy Streets investment is being given to the boroughs to fund local projects that support the Mayor's Transport Strategy – to make the roads more attractive for people to cycle, walk, and use public transport. 

In Clapham this funding will be used to help deliver a range of improvements to help support active travel and the expansion of ULEZ, like the School Streets scheme which closes streets with schools around pick-up and drop-off times, introducing 20 mph speed limits, and more than 50 feasibility schemes for new cycle routes. 

Walking and Cycling Commissioner Will Norman said: "I am delighted that we have been able to award London's Boroughs with more than £63million in funding to make our streets healthier and safer. 

"The funding will give boroughs the certainty to deliver improvements to public transport, support Vision Zero and make active travel safer and more appealing.   

"The funding will also support more active travel in outer London and help Londoners prepare for expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone. 

"Boroughs have an essential role to play as we continue to build a safer, greener London for everyone and the Mayor and I will continue to work closely with them."   

The funding will also be used to continue to expand London's network of cycle routes to attempt to have 70% of Londoners living within 400 metres of a cycleway by 2041, such as the planned new route between Ealing and Greenford.

Mayor Philip Glanville, London Councils' Executive Member for Climate Change, Transport and Environment, says: "London boroughs are championing active travel solutions for Londoners and are already making changes on the ground to increase healthier and greener travel options across the capital. 

"It is essential that all of London's diverse communities can benefit from the projects that each borough's Local Implementation Plan programme will deliver. 

"We are committed to a strong partnership with TfL to deliver on this ambition, recognising that 95 per cent of London's streets are managed by the boroughs and City of London.     

"This funding is hugely welcome as a starting point, but we will continue to work with Government to address the funding backlog to improve London's highways infrastructure, including cycle routes, footpaths, lighting, trees, gullies, bridges and tunnels. 

"Our soon to be launched State of the City Report has revealed this backlog now surpasses £1.5bn.     

"We look forward to working alongside TfL and government to make sure active travel is a sustainable and viable option for all Londoners wanting to make greener choices for themselves and for London's green future."