Quote from the
DfT» link below :
http://www.dft.gov.uk/press/speechesstatements/statements/wmstifpumpfundI am today announcing funding for three areas. We are making up to ^1 million available to Cambridgeshire, up to ^1.5 million to Greater Manchester, and up to ^675,000 to the West of England Partnership (covering Bristol City Council, Bath & North East Somerset Council, North Somerset Council, South Gloucestershire Councils).
This award means that these areas can continue to take forward proposals for improved public transport including local road pricing schemes.
I should be clear that receipt of this pump-priming funding is no guarantee that an authority will be successful in bidding for the main Transport Innovation Fund. We are, however, committed to working closely with the successful authorities to deliver the work programmes set out in their pump priming bids and to support future decisions on the main Transport Innovation Fund.
We will also work with other local authorities developing proposals for improved local transport and demand management and this decision does not affect their ability to bid for substantive TIF▸ funding in the future.
The West Of England Partnership's initial proposals put forward for TIF funding can be found in the link below.
http://www.westofengland.org/downloads/Our_Future_Transport-October_2007.pdf
