On the 6th April the government invited Local Authorities to bid for a share of this funding for schemes meeting the core aims of the fund to:
The West of England Combined Authority councils (inc. Bristol) have applied for funding. Bristol has also submitted a separate bid to the same competition.
More information about these bids can be found below.
Proposed upgrade and enhancement of a number of traffic signal junctions in the West of England Combined Authority area. The aim of these works is to reduce congestion and provide safer pedestrian crossing facilities. There will be the opportunity to replace other end of life assets thereby reducing the burden of ongoing maintenance revenue costs for each authority.
Bristol’s Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone (TQEZ) is expected to accommodate 17,000 jobs, a 12,000 seat arena and 2,500 housing units. The project aims to; facilitate public transport penetration into the area; provide high quality pedestrian/cycle links; and improve junction layouts thereby reducing congestion and unlocking employment and housing sites.
BCC Application form Download pdf PDF approximately 484.01 K BCC Appendix 1 – Proposed works location plan Download pdf PDF approximately 2.13 M BCC Appendix 2 – Project Impact Pro-Forma Download xls BCC Appendix 3 – Technical note Download pdf PDF approximately 573.65 K BCC Appendix 4 – Appraisal Summary Table Download xlsx BCC Appendix 5 – Project Plan Download pdf PDF approximately 137.43 K BCC Appendix 6 – QRA Download pdf PDF approximately 96.36 K BCC Appendix 7 – Risk Management Strategy Download pdf PDF approximately 59.74 K BCC Appendix 8 – Combined Authority Ranking Note 2017-06-28 Download pdf PDF approximately 179.98 K BCC Appendix 9a – Letter of support – Local Enterprise Partnership Download pdf PDF approximately 47.27 K BCC Appendix 9b – Letter of Support – University of Bristol Download pdf PDF approximately 69.87 K BCC Appendix 9c – Letter of support – First West of England Download pdf PDF approximately 203.72 K BCC Appendix 9d – Letter of Support – Engine Shed Download pdf PDF approximately 243.92 K BCC Appendix 9e – Letter of support – Kerry McCarthy MP Download pdf PDF approximately 277.55 K BCC Appendix 9f – Letter of Support – Karin Smyth MP Download pdf PDF approximately 479.23 K
Leaders across the West have welcomed greater investment through today’s Spending Review, with a record three-quarters of a billion pounds of transport funding confirmed for the West. That means better buses, more trains, and mass transit – with trams and much more on the table. The Treasury has also today confirmed plans to improve rail links between Bristol and Cardiff.
The second phase of a project - to reduce congestion, improve the reliability of buses, and promote active travel along a major transport route in Bristol - will get underway from Monday 16 June 2025.
That’s summer sorted. Children and young people under the age of 16 are set to be able to travel for free on buses across our region during the school holidays, thanks to new investment proposed by the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.
Bristol’s first electrified bus depot was opened on 3 June 2025 by a government minister and the West of England’s new mayor.
Leaders across the region have today welcomed more than three-quarters of a billion pounds set to be invested in transport projects in the West. The Chancellor has announced plans to more than double investment in local transport in England’s city regions, committing to “investment in all parts of the country, not just a few.”
