Transport for LondonMayor announces £4.5m boost to local transport in Southwark
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson today announced £4.5m of funding from Transport for London (TfL) for Southwark to deliver local transport improvements during the financial year 2009/10.
As well as increasing next year's local transport funding from TfL - up to £168.3m from £161m in 2008/09 - the Mayor also confirmed that London's boroughs will have greater freedom in choosing local transport projects.
TfL has included £100,000 for the borough council to spend locally on transport as it chooses.
The £4.5m package will allow the borough to finance several schemes to improve local transport for residents including:
- £1m to improve the Salisbury Row residential area. Measures will include a new public space in Barlow Street and some road changes to reduce rat running as well as improved cycle and pedestrian links through the area
- £430,000 to renew road surfaces on A2199 Dulwich Wood Park (footpaths will also be repaired), A3202 Garden Row, A2216 Lordship Lane and A202 Medlar Street. All road users such us pedestrians, bus passengers, cyclists and drivers will benefit from safe defect -free footways and carriageway surfaces resulting in a safer, smoother and more comfortable journey
- £300,000 for a new 20mph zone in Dulwich North that will see the introduction of traffic calming measures to address collisions occurring due to excessive speed as well as make the area safer for pedestrians and cyclists
- £220,000 towards a safety scheme at Rotherhithe North Road junction. Work will include the upgrade of a pedestrian crossing, providing a pedestrian phase and right-turn filter
- £125,000 for cycle training and £50,000 for cycle parking improvements
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: 'When I was elected I promised I would be different and give greater freedom to the boroughs.
'This is why this year I have introduced a £100,000 award for boroughs to spend as they choose.
'Boroughs are being given greater freedom to develop and deliver the schemes they want, which means more choice over a range of key local schemes to improve town centres and cycling facilities, tackle the school run and improve local roads.
'I am awarding Southwark a budget of £4.5m next year for local schemes that will make travelling safer, more accessible and more environment-friendly, helping to improve the quality of life for people across the borough.'
Funding for local transport schemes is allocated each year by TfL in response to the applications from boroughs based on their Local Implementation [transport] Plans (LIPs).
Funding is currently available for a wide range of programmes including road safety, maintaining borough roads, tackling the school run, improving walking, cycling and the local environment, making transport more accessible and measures to improve bus journeys.
Notes to editors:
- Below is a table with a breakdown of LIP funding for Southwark:
| 20mph zones | 505,000 |
| Bus priority | 555,000 |
| Bus stop accessibility |
80,000 |
| Controlled parking | 40,000 |
| Education, training, publicity | 65,000 |
| London Cycling Network+ | 324,000 |
| Accessiblity | 60,000 |
| Local safety schemes | 615,000 |
| Cycling | 229,000 |
| Principal road renewal | 430,000 |
| Regeneration | 150,000 |
| School travel plans | 172,000 |
| Streets for People | 1,000,000 |
| Travel awareness | 20,000 |
| Walking | 100,000 |
| Work travel plans | 25,000 |
| Trial funding | 100,000 |
| Total | 4,470,000 |
- Each London borough has a LIP approved by the Mayor containing proposals to implement the Mayor's Transport Strategy locally. While TfL allocates funding for individual schemes, LIP and individual project delivery is the responsibility of each borough
- A school travel plan is a package of measures, tailored to the needs of individual schools to deliver alternative transport methods for the school run, aiming to reduce single occupancy car journeys to school, cut congestion and increase safety near schools
- Priorities for Local Implementation Plans include:
- Improving road safety
- Encouraging walking and cycling
- Improving bus journey times and reliability
- Relieving traffic congestion and improving journey time reliability
- Improving the working of parking and loading arrangements
- Improving accessibility for all on the transport network
- Bringing transport infrastructure into a state of good repair
- School travel planning
- NB funding can be broken down by LIP programmes as above once final allocations have been approved
