Active travel funding

The Active Travel Fund supports local authorities with grant funding for the development and/or construction of inclusive walking, wheeling and cycling schemes. To date, six rounds of active travel funding have been distributed to authorities across England. So far, Essex has received over £18M of this funding to roll out new cycling and walking routes across the county.

Our ambition is to make it more convenient and safer for our residents to walk or cycle, reducing congestion, cutting emissions and improving everybody's physical and mental wellbeing as well as giving our residents a choice in how they travel and freeing up the road network for those who need to use it. 

Details of the active travel funding for rounds 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 (now called the consolidated active travel fund) are below.