“Shouldn’t be on the pavement, should he?” Driver – in a car registered as off the road with expired MOT – mounts pavement on wrong side of the road… then chastises six-year-old for cycling on same footpath cycling
Worcestershire cut off from cycling and walking funding after Active Travel England gives County Council ‘level zero’ rating
The embarrassing ranking in Worcestershire comes after two previous active travel funding bids fell far short of expectations, with the county council receiving just over half of the £1.3 million it had bid for, and means that Active Travel England will be “withholding funding until improvements are made” and that the council is banned from making any new bids.
“Unfortunately, we have assessed that the evidence you have provided does not demonstrate the minimum levels of local leadership and/or delivery track record that we require.”