Peterborough Secures Over One Million Pounds for New Active Travel Projects
Three major schemes set to improve cycling and walking across the city
Peterborough is set to benefit from more than one million pounds in funding aimed at making it easier for people to walk, cycle and wheel across the city.
The city council’s cabinet will meet on December sixteenth to approve a £1.1 million grant from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, which will help deliver three new active travel schemes.
The grant comes from the government’s Consolidated Active Travel Fund, designed to boost healthy and sustainable transport in local communities.
Peterborough has received nearly a third of the funding pot, with the rest going to Cambridgeshire County Council.
What’s planned for Peterborough?
Three areas have been selected for improvements:
Stanham Way Cycleway
Around two hundred seventy five thousand pounds of the grant will help link Crown Lakes Country Park to Stanham Way at a local business park. The project aims to open up an old bridge and improve connections for pedestrians and cyclists.
Bourges Boulevard Cycleway
Nearly two thirds of the funding—around six hundred sixty three thousand pounds—will be used to upgrade sections of the existing route between Bright Street and Junction eighteen, near Rhubarb Bridge. The work will be carried out in stages, with plans to upgrade the entire route, depending on future funding.
Peterborough Station Quarter City Link
Two hundred thousand pounds will go towards the first phase of the multi-million pound Station Quarter project, focusing on new footways, cycleways, and safer crossings near the Queensgate roundabout. Work is expected to begin in 2026.
City council leaders hope the new schemes will encourage more people to leave their cars at home, improving public health, cutting emissions and making the city greener for everyone.