HEREFORDSHIRE Council leaders are hopeful of receiving government funding to spend on a ‘super cycle’ project in Hereford.

The council aims to extend and improve the city’s cycling network and has so far been successful in winning £500,000 from the Department for Transport.

Infrastructure and transport cabinet member John Harrington believes cycling is an ideal mode of getting around Hereford.

In response to a public question, he told a recent council meeting of the project’s progress.

“The super cycle highways project is ambitious and will take time but it aims to deliver a comprehensive network of active travel routes across the city, market towns and key long distance rural links between them.

“The project will bring together and extend the active travel components of current transport projects to form a county wide coherent network of active travel schemes.

“This will not only continue the development of the existing cycle routes already identified in transport packages, but it also includes other schemes identified in both our emerging local cycling and walking investment plan and sustainable modes of travel to school strategy.

“I am also pleased to confirm that the council was also successful in securing £500,000 from the Department for Transport’s ‘Access Fund’ competition.

“This will support the continuation of our successful Choose How You Move campaign which includes a wide range of walking and cycling projects such as Beryl Bikes, Business Travel grants and our active travel in school project.

“We also expect shortly to hear confirmation of a significant capital award via Highways England for cycle routes along the central corridor of Hereford city.”