Active Travel Infrastructure Fund: Tier 2

The ATIF Tier 2 is designed to support the design and construction of ambitious active travel projects across Scotland. Tier 2 is open to Local Authorities, Regional Transport Partnerships and National Park Authorities, who can submit funding request applications for single year projects. Applications are assessed against several key criteria including modal shift, integration, safety and security, access to schools and other key destinations, deprivation, deliverability, community severance and value for money.

To note: 2023-24 in the table below relates to the Active Travel Transformation Fund, which was a precursor to the Active Travel Infrastructure Fund. You can read more about this in the 2023-24 report.

Table 3: Tier 2 Infrastructure and Delivery Summary for 2023–24 and 2024–25

Year

Investment

New infrastructure (km)

Upgraded infrastructure (km)

Projects supported

Partners supported

Average project cost

2023-24

£19.5 million

20

6

41

14 LAs, 2 RTPs

0.58

2024-25

£9.7 million

10

3.3

22

16 LAs, 1 RTP

0.44

Case Study: A807 Active Travel Corridor project

ATIF Tier 2 funded £656,000 for the A807 Active Travel Corridor project in East Dunbartonshire Council to provide an active travel connection between the Torrance roundabout and Milngavie Railway Station. Works included widening the existing footway to form a shared use footway along the A807, upgrading kerbing, and enhancing junctions, notably at Dowan Road with the installation of street lighting, improving safety and connectivity in the area. Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9 below show before and after the project alongside the A807.

A before image showing a road with a desire line path for pedestrians running alongside the road.
Figure 6: A before image of a narrow desire line path alongside the A807
The newly constructed pavement running alongside the road.
Figure 7: The A807 improvements after intervention showing a newly constructed pavement
The before image showing a left turn in the road with no road safety interventions.
Figure 8: A junction before road safety interventions
The after image showing cars travelling along the road approaching a left turn and the new active travel interventions making it safer for pedestrians to cross the road.
Figure 9: A junction after interventions. A drop kerb on either side of the road has been constructed and a red surfaced crossing