National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF)

As part of the Autumn Statement 2016 the Government announced the creation of a National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) worth in total £23bn.

On the 6^th April the government invited Local Authorities to bid for a share of this funding for schemes meeting the core aims of the fund to:

Ease congestion and provide upgrades on important national, regional or local routes
Unlock economic and job creation opportunities
Enable the delivery of new housing developments

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.

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West of England Combined Authority bid summary Bristol bid summary

West of England Combined Authority bid summary

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 bid summary

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.

As part of the Autumn Statement 2016 the Government announced the creation of a National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) worth in total £23bn.

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West of England Combined Authority bid summary

Bid Documents

Economic Case

EQIR

Gantt Chart

Letter LEP

Letter MP

Organogram

Risk Management Strategy

West of England Combined Authority Ranking Note

Bristol bid summary