More than £16m of external funding will be invested into Nottingham city’s transport network in 2025/26 thanks to the new East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA).
EMCCA, which has now taken over the role of directing the allocation of local transport funding, is providing funding for projects in Nottingham in four streams:
City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) programme (£7.547m)
- Double the budget available for highway maintenance across Nottingham city – this will be used to carry out resurfacing and preventative road maintenance to tackle potholes and improve safety, including on Porchester Road, Bestwood Park Drive, A6514 Valley Road and B6004 Arnold Road.
- Upgrade our Parksmart car park signage system, including the current real time off-street car parks information system and signage for events and incidents.
- Continue the Future Transport Zones programme until the end of the 25/26 financial year to further develop digital journey planning and integrated ticketing across more modes of transport and the creation of more transport hubs.
- Fund a feasibility study for the realignment of the southern section of Maid Marian Way to the Canal Street junction and extension of Collin Street public realm from the Green Heart through to Maid Marian Way linked to the next phase of the regeneration of the Broad Marsh area.
LTP Integrated Transport block £3.4m
- Support our wider Active Travel programme, including funding to help create supporting connections to the new walking and cycling bridge over the River Trent.
- Continue the Streets for People programme until the end of the 25/26 financial year.
- Continue funding to complete our traffic signal project, which is replacing defunct signal lamps with more reliable and energy efficient LED versions.
- Continue funding to our Workplace Travel Service programme, which offers grants to local employers and organisations to help make green travel improvements.
- Make rights of way network improvements, including creating a new off-road bridleway on Old Colwick Road.
- Contribute to the Safer Road programme, enabling active travel improvements to be made to Gregory, Lenton and Radford Boulevards while road safety projects are taking place.
- Introduce solar-powered real time information displays at bus stops where electrical connection can’t be provided.
- Replace expired signal control equipment including improving pedestrian crossings, beginning with three key junctions at London Road / Cattle Market Road, Mansfield Road / Winchester Street and Hucknall Road / Gala Way.
Active Travel Fund £0.576m
This funding will allow the City Council to continue work on the next phase of walking and cycling improvements on Porchester Road, which will begin immediately.
Bus Service Improvement Plan £4.9m
This funding will be used to accelerate the decarbonisation of our local bus fleet by offering funding that local bus operators can bid for to be used to purchase electric buses and adapt bus depots to EV charging technology.
