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NINE AREAS across England will share £.7.5m to develop local
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congestion-busting schemes. The money comes the second round of an m fund set up in advance e Transport Innovation d (TIF) a pot of cash that will be used from 2008 to in vest in schemes to tackle cor gestion.
Transport Secretary Douglas Alexander says it is important to act now to deal with congestion: "The first step on this path is helping local authorities to establish local pilots, which will inform our thinking on a national scheme." fror E-I of t Fu Norfolk County Council (NCC) will receive E250,000 towards a £500,000 two-year study into options and public views of the ideas, starting in January. Adrian Gunson, NCC Cabinet member for planning and transportation, says: "It is right that we secure government funding for improvements to Norfolk's road system."
• Six areas that received funding in the first round are being awarded further funds: Cambridgeshire; Durham County Council (for Durham City): Greater Manchester; Shropshire County Council (for Shrewsbury); Tyne and Wear; and the West Midlands conurbation.
Three new areas also bid successfully: Nottingham, Derby and Leicester and the surrounding counties; Reading; and Norfolk (for Norwich).