The Bee Network, a protected cycling and walking route, will cover all of Greater Manchester’s 10 districts by Christmas 2021, according to new plans announced by the region’s mayor and commissioner.
The project will be funded by the Mayor’s Challenge Fund and will invest around £85m into what would be the UK’s largest cycling and walking network.
Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, said: “It’s been years in the making, but Greater Manchester’s cycling and walking revolution is finally starting. To build the capability and scheme pipeline to deliver a new way of travel for a whole city region has taken us two years, but we are now ready to begin delivery.
“By next summer we will begin to see the fruits of our labour and the region’s residents will finally have the chance to travel to shops and schools easily and safely without using a car.”
A total of 35 projects will be delivered across Greater Manchester by December 2021 that include 25 miles of pop-up cycling and walking routes and two low-traffic neighbourhoods in Salford and Tameside.
An update on the plans will be published in a report on cycling and walking activities in Greater Manchester, presented to the Greater Manchester Transport Committee on 09 October 2020.
