Kingston has been successful in securing £4.8m of funding to spend on local traffic, transportation, highway and footway improvements from Transport for London (TfL) for the period between April 2008 and March 2009.
This is a 7% increase on the current year’s allocation and the biggest year-on-year rise of any London Borough.
Every year, all London Boroughs compete for funding by submitting application documents to Transport for London detailing a range of projects and measures that will make using the highway network for residents and visitors safer, greener and more accessible whether they are travelling by public transport, by car, on foot or by bike. In total £161m was made available across London for this purpose.
In Kingston, the money will be spent on a wide variety of schemes and programmes benefiting the entire borough, including:
- £585,000 for pedestrian and cycling improvements across the Borough
- £529,000 for school and work Travel Plans, to encourage parents, employees and visitors to use alternative means of transport to the car
- £715,000 to improve bus priority and accessibility measures
- £50,000 to promote campaigns that encourage greener travel, including: 'Bike Week', 'In town without my car day', 'National Liftshare Day' and 'Walking Works' - to promote walking to work