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Make economy the top priority in LSTF bids, DfT tells councils

Funding

Andrew Forster
23 September 2011
Hammond: jobs come first
Hammond: jobs come first

 

The DfT has told councils preparing Local Sustainable Transport Fund major project bids to prioritise the economy objective, raising fears among ‘green’ transport groups that measures primarily aimed at cutting CO2 emissions or improving health could be sidelined.

When the £560m LSTF was unveiled by the Coalition Government last year it was promoted as a fund to serve the twin goals of boosting the economy and cutting CO2.

But, in briefings with civil servants over the last...

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