FOI/202500473434 · FOI · partially withheld
Funding for Active Travel Infrastructure Projects: FOI release
Information requested
On 15 May 2025, the Cabinet Secretary for Transport publicly announced ‘over £26m of funding for active travel infrastructure projects'.
This link on the Transport Scotland lists a number of supported projects; https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/over-26-million-for-active-travel-infrastructure-projects/.
Can I please ask the following? How was this funding allocated to each of the supported projects? For example, how much funding did ‘Connecting Yorkhill & Kelvingrove Phase 1’ receive and so on? I’d also like to know how many total applications were received for this funding stream and how these were distributed across the country, i.e. how many from each of the local authorities (e.g Aberdeen City £x, Aberdeenshire Council £x and so on), how many from each of the regional transport partnerships, from each of the national parks and other relevant public bodies.
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. This is because we are finalising details in connection with the Raigmore Interchange project in The Highland Council region, Fife Council’s Levenmouth – River Park Route Phase 1 and 2 project, and Argyll and Bute Council’s Bowmore to Bridgend Phase 1 Active Travel Path project. Therefore, funding allocations are not included in Table 3 at this time.
This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested.
I have enclosed most of the information you requested.
The Active Travel Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) Tier 2 closed to applications in February 2024. Local Authorities and Regional Transport Partnerships applied for funding for construction-ready projects. None of the National Park Authorities applied to this funding. A total of 69 applications were received, with funding requests amounting to nearly £60m for 2024-25.
ATIF Tier 2 Assessment Criteria
In order to access the funding, applicants must meet several key criteria including:
Assessment Criteria – This is based on the following: modal shift, integration, safety and security, access to schools and other key destinations, deprivation, community severance and value for money. Project Overview – Applications must provide key project information. This information is collated to understand the scope, funding requested, geographic location, construction costs, match funding (if applicable), scheme length, scheme duration and start and end dates at a minimum. Deliverability – The assessment takes into consideration detailed design drawings (including Design Review submission as part of Appendix A of the Cycling by Design guidance) Bills of Quantities/Cost Estimate, Impact assessments, Programmes and further criteria.
All applications are assessed by independent technical advisors to facilitate the decision making process and to ensure a fair geographical distribution of funding. The process also considers a regional balance during the assessment process based on the Scottish Government Urban Rural Classification. Funding is awarded to applications that align with the specified criteria and perform strongly in the assessment process. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the organisations submitting applications to submit high-quality submissions to enhance the likelihood of securing funding for that area.
The number of ATIF Tier 2 applications received from Local Authorities and Regional Transport Partnerships, along with the total funding requested, is presented in Table 1 below:
Table 1: ATIF Tier 2 applications received from Local Authorities/Regional Transport Partnerships
Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership Number Of Applications Received in 2024-25 Funding Request For All Projects (£) Aberdeen City Council 1 7,719,473 Argyll and Bute Council 2 2,219,428 City of Edinburgh Council 8 6,799,945 Clackmannanshire Council 1 400,000 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 3 1,040,000 Dundee City Council 2 2,345,200 East Ayrshire Council 1 1,320,000 East Dunbartonshire Council 2 1,550,000 East Lothian Council 3 3,100,000 East Renfrewshire Council 1 1,200,000 Fife Council 1 2,020,000 Glasgow City Council 6 5,932,200 HITRANS 3 780,000 Inverclyde Council 4 1,037,189 Midlothian Council 4 887,924 Moray Council 1 121,323 North Ayrshire Council 6 4,315,000 North Lanarkshire Council 1 420,000 Orkney Islands Council 1 200,000 Renfrewshire Council 2 2,608,487 Scottish Borders Council 1 300,000 Shetland Islands Council, Roads Service 1 352,634 South Ayrshire Council 3 3,458,000 South Lanarkshire Council 1 271,421 Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) 1 405,000 SWestrans 1 1,400,000 The Highland Council 6 6,201,254 ZetTrans 2 125,943 Total 69 58,530,421
A full list of successful awards, by Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership, project name and grant amount, that received funding from the £10 million ATIF Tier 2 allocation for 2024-25, as announced on 8 October 2024, is presented in Table 2 below:
Table 2: ATIF Tier 2 projects funded in 2024-25
Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership Project Funded in 2024-25 Grant Award 2024-25 (£) Argyll and Bute Council Rosneath Cyclepath Phase 2 259,950 City of Edinburgh Council Leith Connections 2,050,000 City of Edinburgh Council Deanhaugh/Leslie/Haugh Street junction improvements 200,000 Clackmannanshire Council Encouraging Safe Active Travel (Alva to Tillicoultry) 570,000 Dundee City Council Bell Street 'Green Transport Hub' - Active Travel Gateway Connections 1,645,200 East Dunbartonshire Council A807 Active Travel Corridor 656,000 Glasgow City Council Connecting Woodside St Georges Rd/Charing X 400,000 Inverclyde Council Improvements to Existing Costal Path Past Tesco's Port Glasgow 296,000 Midlothian Council Easthouses Primary School Crossings and Shared-Use Provision 485,138 Midlothian Council Carlops Road Crossing Facility and Junction Improvements 140,975 Midlothian Council Sherwood Crescent, Bonnyrigg: Traffic calming and crossing provision 126,949 Moray Council A96 to Elgin Academy/ Bishopmill Primary School Priority Cycle Track at Side Roads 168,121 North Ayrshire Council North Crescent Coastal Path Phase 2, Ardrossan 305,000 North Ayrshire Council McGavin Park, Kilwinning 80,000 North Lanarkshire Council Motherwell Train Station 420,000 Orkney Islands Council Weyland Bay Coastal Path, Kirkwall 200,000 Scottish Borders Council Tweedbank Railway Station to Melrose Active Travel Corridor 300,000 South Ayrshire Council A759 Dundonald Junction Improvements 80,000 South Ayrshire Council Dundonald to Barassie Active Travel Route 350,000 South Lanarkshire Council Hairmyres Transport Interchange - Active Travel Network 272,000 SWestrans Penpont to Thornhill Active Travel Route 420,000 The Highland Council Wick Street Design 314,315 Total 9,739,648
A full list of successful awards, by Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership, project name and grant amount, that received funding from the over £26 million ATIF Tier 2 allocation for 2025-26, as announced on 15 May 2025, is presented in Table 3 below:
Table 3: ATIF Tier 2 projects funded in 2025-26
Local Authority Projects Funded in 2025-26 Grant Award 2025-26 (£) Argyll and Bute Council Bowmore to Bridgend Phase 1 Active Travel Path TBC City of Edinburgh Council Leith Connections 2,230,000 City of Edinburgh Council Corstorphine Connections 149,000 City of Edinburgh Council One Way Streets Exemptions for Cyclists (OWSE) 160,000 City of Edinburgh Council Dropped Kerbs Programme 280,000 East Dunbartonshire Council Lennoxtown Sustainable Transport Project 1,020,000 East Lothian Council Transforming Wallyford Toll Roundabout for Walking and Cycling 1,152,400 East Lothian Council Dunbar Railway Station Southern Access 577,000 Fife Council Levenmouth - River Park Route Phase 1 and 2 TBC Glasgow City Council Connecting Yorkhill & Kelvingrove Phase 1 1,460,000 Glasgow City Council Connecting Woodside St George’s Road/Charing Cross 991,700 Glasgow City Council Flourishing Molendinar Phase 1 806,000 Glasgow City Council Dumbreck Active Travel Route 622,300 Renfrewshire Council Gallowhill Link 1,503,200 Shetland Islands Council Bells Brae Traffic Calming Project 95,200 South Ayrshire Council Dundonald to Barassie Active Travel Route 2,700,000 The Highland Council Culbokie Active Travel Village 1,422,000 The Highland Council Wick Street Design 2,165,000 The Highland Council Raigmore Interchange TBC
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This is a formal notice under section 17(1) of FOISA that the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The number of ATIF Tier 2 applications received from Local Authorities and Regional Transport Partnerships, along with the total funding requested, is presented in Table 1 below: Table 1: ATIF Tier 2 applications received from Local Authorities/Regional Transport Partnerships Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership Number Of Applications Received in 2024-25 Funding Request For All Projects (£) Aberdeen City Council 1 7,719,473 Argyll and Bute Council 2 2,219,428 City of Edinburgh Council 8 6,799,945 Clackmannanshire Council 1 400,000 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 3 1,040,000 Dundee City Council 2 2,345,200 East Ayrshire Council 1 1,320,000 East Dunbartonshire Council 2 1,550,000 East Lothian Council 3 3,100,000 East Renfrewshire Council 1 1,200,000 Fife Council 1 2,020,000 Glasgow City Council 6 5,932,200 HITRANS 3 780,000 Inverclyde Council 4 1,037,189 Midlothian Council 4 887,924 Moray Council 1 121,323 North Ayrshire Council 6 4,315,000 North Lanarkshire Council 1 420,000 Orkney Islands Council 1 200,000 Renfrewshire Council 2 2,608,487 Scottish Borders Council 1 300,000 Shetland Islands Council, Roads Service 1 352,634 South Ayrshire Council 3 3,458,000 South Lanarkshire Council 1 271,421 Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) 1 405,000 SWestrans 1 1,400,000 The Highland Council 6 6,201,254 ZetTrans 2 125,943 Total 69 58,530,421 A full list of successful awards, by Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership, project name and grant amount, that received funding from the £10 million ATIF Tier 2 allocation for 2024-25, as announced on 8 October 2024, is presented in Table 2 below: Table 2: ATIF Tier 2 projects funded in 2024-25 Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership Project Funded in 2024-25 Grant Award 2024-25 (£) Argyll and Bute Council Rosneath Cyclepath Phase 2 259,950 City of Edinburgh Council Leith Connections 2,050,000 City of Edinburgh Council Deanhaugh/Leslie/Haugh Street junction improvements 200,000 Clackmannanshire Council Encouraging Safe Active Travel (Alva to Tillicoultry) 570,000 Dundee City Council Bell Street 'Green Transport Hub' - Active Travel Gateway Connections 1,645,200 East Dunbartonshire Council A807 Active Travel Corridor 656,000 Glasgow City Council Connecting Woodside St Georges Rd/Charing X 400,000 Inverclyde Council Improvements to Existing Costal Path Past Tesco's Port Glasgow 296,000 Midlothian Council Easthouses Primary School Crossings and Shared-Use Provision 485,138 Midlothian Council Carlops Road Crossing Facility and Junction Improvements 140,975 Midlothian Council Sherwood Crescent, Bonnyrigg: Traffic calming and crossing provision 126,949 Moray Council A96 to Elgin Academy/ Bishopmill Primary School Priority Cycle Track at Side Roads 168,121 North Ayrshire Council North Crescent Coastal Path Phase 2, Ardrossan 305,000 North Ayrshire Council McGavin Park, Kilwinning 80,000 North Lanarkshire Council Motherwell Train Station 420,000 Orkney Islands Council Weyland Bay Coastal Path, Kirkwall 200,000 Scottish Borders Council Tweedbank Railway Station to Melrose Active Travel Corridor 300,000 South Ayrshire Council A759 Dundonald Junction Improvements 80,000 South Ayrshire Council Dundonald to Barassie Active Travel Route 350,000 South Lanarkshire Council Hairmyres Transport Interchange - Active Travel Network 272,000 SWestrans Penpont to Thornhill Active Travel Route 420,000 The Highland Council Wick Street Design 314,315 Total 9,739,648 A full list of successful awards, by Local Authority/Regional Transport Partnership, project name and grant amount, that received funding from the over £26 million ATIF Tier 2 allocation for 2025-26, as announced on 15 May 2025, is presented in Table 3 below: Table 3: ATIF Tier 2 projects funded in 2025-26 Local Authority Projects Funded in 2025-26 Grant Award 2025-26 (£) Argyll and Bute Council Bowmore to Bridgend Phase 1 Active Travel Path TBC City of Edinburgh Council Leith Connections 2,230,000 City of Edinburgh Council Corstorphine Connections 149,000 City of Edinburgh Council One Way Streets Exemptions for Cyclists (OWSE) 160,000 City of Edinburgh Council Dropped Kerbs Programme 280,000 East Dunbartonshire Council Lennoxtown Sustainable Transport Project 1,020,000 East Lothian Council Transforming Wallyford Toll Roundabout for Walking and Cycling 1,152,400 East Lothian Council Dunbar Railway Station Southern Access 577,000 Fife Council Levenmouth - River Park Route Phase 1 and 2 TBC Glasgow City Council Connecting Yorkhill & Kelvingrove Phase 1 1,460,000 Glasgow City Council Connecting Woodside St George’s Road/Charing Cross 991,700 Glasgow City Council Flourishing Molendinar Phase 1 806,000 Glasgow City Council Dumbreck Active Travel Route 622,300 Renfrewshire Council Gallowhill Link 1,503,200 Shetland Islands Council Bells Brae Traffic Calming Project 95,200 South Ayrshire Council Dundonald to Barassie Active Travel Route 2,700,000 The Highland Council Culbokie Active Travel Village 1,422,000 The Highland Council Wick Street Design 2,165,000 The Highland Council Raigmore Interchange TBC About FOI The Scottish Government is committed to publishing all information released in response to Freedom of Information requests.
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