Other Active Travel Funding

Scottish City Region and Growth Deals are packages of funding agreed between the Scottish Government, the UK Government, and local partners. They are designed to bring about long-term strategic approaches to improving regional economies, aiming to help harness additional investment, create new jobs, and accelerate inclusive economic growth. Deals are implemented by regional partners and overseen by the Scottish City Region and Growth Deal Delivery Board. Each deal is tailored to its region, and comprises a programme of interventions to support positive, transformative change.

Some City Deal projects contain Active Travel elements, with deals structured such that the management of project delivery is devolved to local partners. Transport Scotland and Scottish Government does not have detailed information on these projects. However, several projects with substantive Active Travel components were funded in 2023-24, including contributions to Walk Cycle Live Stirling, and the Stewartfield Way Transport Capacity project (South Lanarkshire).

In 2016 European Regional Development Funding (ERDF) funding was awarded to Transport Scotland to deliver the Low Carbon Travel and Transport (LCTT) Programme. Low Carbon and Active Travel projects received ERDF funding of £8m over the life of the programme. Since the programme commenced in 2016, ERDF funding has contributed to delivery of 33 Low Carbon Travel and Active Transport Hubs, and the construction or upgrade of 66km of Active Travel paths.

Other funding programmes, such as the £4m Islands Programme, also deliver schemes with Active Travel components.