£4.6m grant to boost active travel between city centre and suburb

PEOPLE will soon be able to walk and cycle between a city centre and a busy suburb where heavy traffic was causing “significant concern”.

- By DALE SPRIDGEON Local Democracy Reporter [e-mail]

Cyngor Gwynedd has welcomed confirmation that it is to receive a total of £4.6million in transport grants for a range of sustainable transport schemes.

The route between Ffordd Penrhos and Ffordd Penchwintan is just one area set to benefit from transport funding from the Welsh Government.

It recently announced that £30m had been allocated to local authorities to improve transport across North Wales.

The investment aims to help people get around more easily and support local economies through better transport links, the government says.

In Gwynedd, the transport grants include Active Travel, a core funding of £500,000, plus £1.4m for Bangor (phase 3) Penrhos/ Penchwintan Road.

This project is funded by Welsh Government with support from Transport for Wales. The local transport fund also means £1.5m for Sherpa'r Wyddfa, G23, Fflecsi and bus infrastructure improvements and £540,000 for Llanbedr the Transport Improvement scheme.