Birmingham Cycle Revolution Phase 2 (Birmingham)

Total value: £8m

Local Growth Fund: £6m

Lead partner: Birmingham City Council

Birmingham Cycle Revolution is a 20-year strategy to embed cycling into the mainstream transport offer and increase the proportion of cycle trips from through the development of a high quality city-wide cycle route network within a 20 minute cycle time of Birmingham City Centre.

This application is for Phase 2 delivery (2016-2021), which will provide 99.5km of extensions and improvements to cycle routes, building on existing Phase 1 delivery (2013-2016) funded through £17m Cycle City Ambition Grant Funding.

Developed to complement and add value to existing cycling projects, and coupled with supporting revenue measures, Phase 2 will support cycle access to major employment sites and Enterprise Zones, better integrate cycling as part of a longer journey by public transport, improve and provide access to opportunity, reduce congestion at key pinchpoints and support improved health and wellbeing.

Funding is available for this project in 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2019/20.