Sustrans says cycling schemes and 21 jobs are at risk due to potential £500,000 cut to Scottish government active travel funding The Scottish Conservatives blasted the ongoing confusion over Scotland’s cycling and walking funding as “scandalous” cycling
Active travel charity Sustrans has claimed that 21 jobs and a range of schemes designed to encourage cycling amongst schoolchildren and people from Scotland’s poorest areas are at risk due to ongoing uncertainty over the Scottish government’s support for active travel.
“With less Scottish Government funding, we are left with no choice but to make cuts, which will reduce our impact on changing the way people travel every day. As a result, 21 of our Sustrans colleagues in Scotland are now at risk of redundancy and there will be an end or reduction to programmes right across Scotland.
“We understand there is continued commitment to the promises in the Programme for Government and the Bute House agreement [between the SNP and the Green Party], which proposes increasing the budget to £320m by the end of the parliament,” Sustrans says.
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