{"id":53461,"date":"2015-02-05T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fdb82fa4adb518c3a24eac7e6937f6bd"},"modified":"2015-02-05T12:18:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T12:18:00","slug":"news-story-2-7-million-boost-for-cycling-in-national-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=53461","title":{"rendered":"News story: \u00a32.7 million boost for cycling in national parks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Five national parks are set to benefit from more than \u00a32.7 million to help develop new cycling facilities, Transport Minister Robert Goodwill announced today (5 February 2015).<\/p>\n<p>The funding will create additional cycling routes, improving links between national parks and nearby areas.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Goodwill said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I want to get more people on their bikes and this funding will open up cycle access to some of the country\u2019s most scenic routes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">It demonstrates the government\u2019s determination to continue the cycling legacy generated by the 2012 Olympics and the launch of the Tour de France in Yorkshire last year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The investment will fund cycling schemes in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dartmoor has been awarded \u00a3675,000 to deliver 5 schemes, including additional routes, on-trail improvements and improved links to nearby areas<\/li>\n<li>Yorkshire Dales will be given \u00a3450,000 to transform a stretch of the Leeds to Liverpool Canal creating a gateway to the Yorkshire Dales<\/li>\n<li>South Downs will receive \u00a3450,000 to upgrade existing routes to create \u2018easy access\u2019 cycling facilities<\/li>\n<li>Peak District will receive \u00a3430,000 to create a new short cycle link providing access from North West Matlock to the Monsal Trail<\/li>\n<li>Norfolk and Suffolk Broads will be given \u00a3715,000 to construct a shared cycleway footway connecting Wroxham \/ Hoveton to Horning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information on the individual schemes can be found on the scheme sponsors websites.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_1018\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Roads media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 3066\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Out of hours<\/span><br \/>\n              020 7944 4292\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Public enquiries<\/span><br \/>\n              0300 330 3000\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Goodwill announces winners of cycling ambition competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53476,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53461\/revisions\/53476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}