Dominic Browne 01 April 2025

One-year £28m 'capacity and capability' grant allocated

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The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced allocations from a one-year grant of around £28m to enable local transport authorities (LTAs) to build 'capacity and capability'.

The money will go to LTAs in England outside London that are part of the City Region Sustainable Transport Scheme (CRSTS) programme.

The full funding allocations can be found here.

Funding was calculated based on 70% of the cash relating to population and the remaining 30% divided on an equal split between local authorities, ensuring a minimum ‘floor’ for all recipients.

Under this formula, Lancashire Combined County Authority won the most cash at £1.35m, while Bracknell Forest received the least at £203,000.

The CRSTS is a £5.7bn five-year investment in local transport networks, providing consolidated, long-term capital funding to eight city regions from 2022/23 to 2026/27.

The main capital funding allocations and delivery plans have been confirmed for seven MCAs - the North East Combined Authority was formed in May 2024 and has since been working with DfT to agree a CRSTS delivery plan for the region. It is currently being finalised.

A revision process for Tees Valley Combined Authority’s CRSTS delivery plan is also ongoing.

Settlements were confirmed for the following Mayoral Combined Authorities under CRSTS:

  • Greater Manchester £1.07bn
  • Liverpool City Region £710m
  • North East £563m (delivery plan pending)
  • South Yorkshire £570m
  • Tees Valley £310m (delivery plan being revised)
  • West of England £540m
  • West Midlands £1.05bn
  • West Yorkshire £830m

This article was originally published by Highways.

 

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