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Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF)

Programme Entry Pro-forma: Instructions to scheme promoters

Welcome to the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund (MCF), which aims to

kick start the delivery of the GM Cycling and Walking Commissioner’s Made to Move

report, and continue Greater Manchester’s journey to becoming a city region where

walking and cycling are the natural choices for shorter journeys, as set out in our

Greater Manchester Transport Strategy 2040.

The MCF is split into two funding pots, namely:

Any scheme promoter seeking to gain funding for a project through the MCF is

required to first gain Programme Entry status from the Greater Manchester

Combined Authority (GMCA). This is sought through submission of a Programme

Entry Proformas (found below) to TfGM’s Cycling and Walking team. Pro-formas can

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be submitted to TfGM at any time. TfGM will undertake assessments of schemes

submitted to inform recommendations to quarterly meetings of the Greater

Manchester Cycling and Walking Board, which in turn will make a recommendation

of a list of schemes for Programme Entry to the GMCA.

The latest dates by which pro-formas must be submitted to TfGM in order to be

eligible for consideration at each of the quarterly meetings of the GM Cycling and

Walking Board, are provided below.

Programme Entry Submission Deadline (To TfGM)

CWDB Approval (every 2 weeks)

GMCW Board Approval

GMCA Approval

12 Oct 2018 16 Oct 2018 30 Oct 2018*

05 Nov 18 14 Dec 2018

25 Jan 2019 13 Nov 2018 27 Nov 2018 11 Dec 2018 08 Jan 2019 22 Jan 2019 05 Feb 2019 19 Feb 2019*

05 March 2019 29 Mar 2019

03 April 2019

05 March 2019 19 March 2019 02 April 2019 16 April 2019 30 April 2019*

20 May 2019 28 Jun 2019

26 Jul 2019 14 May 2019 28 May 2019 11 June 2019 25 June 2019 09 July 2019 23 July 2019 06 August 2019 20 August 2019*

03 Sep 2019 27 Sep 2019

*NB: Latest meeting date to meet corresponding meeting dates for GMCWB and GMCA

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TfGM/GMCA officers will work closely with scheme promoters to guide them through

the application process and assist in bringing schemes forward for submission

The Pro-forma on the following pages is designed to gather all the information

necessary for an application for programme entry to be made. The pro-forma is set

out in two parts: A and B. Part A provides the basic information on the scheme

which will enable TfGM to assess, on behalf of GMCA, the extent to which the

scheme is suitable and ready for funding through MCF. This information should be

relatively straightforward to provide for most schemes.

Part B provides a greater level of detail about the scheme. Depending on the level of

development of the scheme, the years for which funding is sought and the size of the

scheme, it may not be possible (or indeed appropriate) to provide all the information

requested in Part B, and TfGM will work with districts to provide support in enabling

the complete population of the pro-forma. However, it is expected that the majority

of both sections will need to be population in order to a scheme to be considered

ready for Programme Entry. Please provide all information which is available at the

time of preparation of the pro-forma. Please also note that Questions A1 to A7 will

be used as a summary sheet for board reporting purposes. Please ensure that

questions A1 to A7 remain on one double-sided sheet of A4.

TfGM/GMCA colleagues are here to provide support to help you populate the

pro-formas. Please contact in the first instance either Martin Key

([email protected]) or Dominic Smith

([email protected]). Completed pro-formas should also be submitted to

[email protected]

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Mayor’s Cycling & Walking Challenge Fund (MCF): Programme Entry Pro-forma

Part A

A1 Scheme Name Levenshulme: Our Active Streets

A2 Location/ Authority:

Manchester City Council

A3 Contact Officer Name: Authority: Position: Email: Telephone:

A4 Scheme objectives

Please provide details of the scheme objectives, in no more than 100 words. Create Greater Manchester’s first fully filtered neighbourhood; pioneering an approach where the council, with the community develops an active neighbourhood, uniquely Levenshulme that seeks to become a best practice model for engagement, design and delivery. This scheme will result in:

● The creation of an Active Neighbourhood based around a 10 minute walk at its heart.

● Reduction of car use for short trips and a modal shift. ● Safer active journeys to and from schools. ● Increase in active modes like walking and cycling. ● Reduction in the impacts of significant severance of the A6 and

railway. Following best practice, Levenshulme will develop the model used in Waltham Forest, concentrating on modal filters, copenhagen crossings and support behavioural change through infrastructure.

A5 Summary scheme description

In no more than 100 words, please described the problem(s) that the scheme is addressing, and what the scheme will provide in order to address this problem(s). This scheme addresses: The serious severance separating different Levenshulme communities and the poor quality environment by re-connecting people to local facilities and schools by improving the experience of walking and cycling. This project is the first phase towards delivering the infrastructure of a filtered neighbourhood, building on the community’s support, the project consists of the following:

● Filtered Neighbourhood initial design and feasibility. ● High Profile/ visible interventions to demonstrate progress, including;

a prominent new crossing of the A6, Parklet, Car Port Hub. ● School and Play street projects to engage and shift culture. ● Secure bike parking to enable modal shift.

Phase 2 follows the intensive initial feasibility design period to create a filtered neighbourhood that has been developed in conjunction with the community.

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A6 Cost summary Please summarise the scheme finances, in terms of ‘ask’ of MCF, and the total funding from other sources (‘local funding’) over the 4 years of the MCF programme NOTE - Figures for year 3&4 are general & indicative and will be subject to change upon receipt of feasibility study commissioned in Phase 1. They include 20% QRA as they are broad estimates with 40% TfGM contingency. The actual scheme costs are envisioned to be much lower. Costs to develop Filtered Neighbourhood include delivery of new junctions, crossings, multiple modal filters and Copenhagen Style crossings over side roads.

Funding source Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Total

MCF ‘ask’ £900k £1.3m £1.3m £3.3m

Local funding £80k £80k

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A7 Scheme map Please provide below an annotated extract from the current neighbourhood network planning map for the area supplied by TfGM, illustrating the contribution of the proposal to the creation of a comprehensive cycling and walking network in Greater Manchester.

Top image shows limited network taken from GM Bee Network Map. Bottom is the result of community consultation showing the extent of a filtered neighbourhood making use of Bee Network to connect schools, homes

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and local facilities, overcoming significant severance. Note: Dashed lines indicate FLOOP and A6 - which is a leisure route and has not been included as part of the Bee Network as it is not accessible 24/7. It is however an extremely valued asset in the area and will need to connect fully. The A6 is included as it is a corridor which is currently identified as a route by Stockport and is currently being included in a radial route study. It could therefore be part of a Busy Bee Route but the filtered neighbourhood is both standalone and intrinsically connected to any emerging corridors. This map does not identify modal filter locations as it is an annotated representation of the GM network. (To see a larger image of the map and guidance, see supplementary document entitles; Levenshulme Bee Network bid Proposal - Page 10)

A8 Scheme type Please indicate which of the following descriptions most accurately describes the scheme: X A new scheme which currently doesn’t have any other funding associated

with it and is at initial concept stage ☐ A new scheme, which currently doesn’t have any other funding associated

with it, but has been developed beyond initial concept stage ☐ A new scheme which is already part funded, for which MCF funding is

sought to fill a funding ‘gap’ ☐ An existing scheme for which MCF funding is sought for additional scope ☐ An existing scheme for which MCF funding is sought because the original

scope cannot be delivered within the original budget Please provide below the details of any funding gaps in existing schemes, and why they have arisen.

Please expand on your answer to A5 to provide a fuller understanding of the scheme. Please include both a description of the existing conditions for current users, and a summary of the scheme and the benefits it will provide. This project will create Greater Manchester’s first fully filtered neighbourhood; pioneering an approach where the council, with the community develops an active neighbourhood, uniquely Levenshulme that seeks to become a best practice model for engagement, design and delivery. This project is the first phase towards delivering that infrastructure the project consists of the following:

● Filtered Neighbourhood initial design and feasibility. ● High profile/ visible interventions as statements of intent, including; a

prominent new crossing of the A6, Parklet, Bike Car Hub. ● School and Play street projects to engage and shift culture. ● Secure bike parking to enable modal shift.

Community engagement is fundamental to the success of the filtered neighbourhood and so the bid also includes some additional support.

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Phase 2 is all about the implementation and delivery of the filtered neighbourhood. The following section explains what issues we are directly addressing and how we will seek to overcome them: Existing Conditions Levenshulme’s infrastructure is heavily defined by the busy, arterial route that creates a significant severance point through the heart of the high street - the famous 192 route, the A6. Combined with railway lines (present and former) Kingsway and other significant streets severance splits and divides the community into a number of different parts. The 2009 - 2019 Levenshulme District Centre Action Plan set out some of the challenges as: The amount of traffic in the centre, as well as parking and loading issues. Encourage the use of cycle routes to increase environmentally friendly access to the district centre, improve transport links with nearby neighbourhoods, improve the environment and appearance of the district centre. Due to the lack of resources much of the ambitions from the District Centre Action Plan remain unachieved. The poor environment remains a blight on people’s lives in the area. However there are significant signs that the community are seeking a culture change that could result in significant modal shift. A recent crowdfunding event for Station South - An independent active travel hub planned for 2019 has raised over £80,000 from over 1161 individuals . Groups have been launched to introduce play streets, local air quality campaigners are monitoring the high levels of pollution around nurseries and schools, campaigns that “pavements are for people” are being lead by parents at schools and of course the Bee Network group. Some of these local stakeholders have already begun to offer support, guidance and voluntary time in respect of the Bee Network proposal. (Please see attached document entitled:Volunteer Support and Engaged Community Groups) To gather a sample of the poor condition and comfort of the streets in Levenshulme a community street audit based around the principles of the Streets for All survey is currently collating the extent of the conditions of pavements and roads for users.

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With 50 streets signed up in the first two week of audits, this will provide a fuller picture of what we anecdotally know, that the streets in Levenshulme are:

● Poor quality and badly lit. ● Suffer from high levels of air pollution ● Lack crossing facilities at even the main transport hubs ● Have difficult crossings at side roads, often parked over. ● Suffer from uneven road/paving surfaces ● Desire lines are ignored ● Suffer from pavement parking ● Suffer from high vehicle speeds

It is has been stated on a number of occasions that the environment prevents short journeys either by walking or cycling. And yet Levenshulme is the perfect size for an active neighbourhood. It is approximately a mile across with its linear retail centre and a number of the community facilities centrally positioned along the A6. Everyone is within 800m or a 10 minute walk from that centre. (SEE Active Neighbourhood diagram below)

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As well, a number of schools (7.) are distributed across the neighbourhood and again are all within a reasonable active travel radius. The following describes our activities for the MCF Year 2 and forms Phase 1 for the filtered neighbourhood. PHASE 1 Project Area 1: Filtered Neighbourhood Initial Design and Feasibility Beginning the journey to Greater Manchester’s first community led, fully

filtered active neighbourhood: Manchester City Council propose an ambitious

plan to develop, design and implement a community focussed, collaborative

and phased approach to create a well supported, highly visible and frequently

used filtered neighbourhood scheme in Levenshulme

● Design and Consultation - 2019

Manchester City Council will develop a feasibility/concept design for the

filtered neighbourhood, commissioning a consultant team with experience of

collaborative development to create a series of concepts explaining the

opportunities and taking these through to the initial design stages.

This study will seek to create a deliverable plan for filtered neighbourhoods

using best practice examples - building on the example from Waltham Forest

Mini-Holland.

This work will be informed by local knowledge by working closely with the

highly engaged community of Levenshulme and that engagement will be

underpinned with support from an independent project coordinator based in

the locality (detailed in project Area 5).

The work will be supervised and signed off by MCC Highways and the preferred

options will be taken forward to delivery and will contribute to a full business

case. It is envisaged that the work could be commissioned as early as March

and could be completed by Summer 2019. Estimated budget: £30,000

Project Area 2: High Profile/ visible interventions as statements of intent Within the first twelve months of Phase 1: Development, it is expected the

council will put into effect, three high profile statements of intent on the

corridor which supporting a community vision for a joined up, active

neighbourhood.

Within the highways department, there is an aspiration to provide a new

crossing over the A6 within the first 12 months of the project to allow some

feasibility of options and involve Stakeholder groups such as Urban Traffic

Control.

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These will also serve as a welcoming sign that Levenshulme is a bustling,

distinct residential district with communities living beyond the arterial

severance point.

● New Crossing on A6

Pre-bid community led research has identified a number of high profile

junctions/crossings which currently pose significant severance on the A6.

Working with the Highway Authority a location for a new high profile crossing

could be selected. One possible location is nearest Arcadia Leisure Centre/

Madina Mosque/St Peter's Church ( Stockport Rd/Barlow Road) where a new

controlled pedestrian/parallel crossing, suds planting and copenhagen style

side road crossing could be trialled. There is high demand for a solution to be

delivered in this area.

These works would be accompanied by a lighting and drainage/resurfacing

scheme under the railway to establish a Bee Network. (Central Ave/ Crescent/

Park Grove)

(Cost: 220K including design fees)

● Parklet The proposal will also deliver a highly visible, on-road parklet situated in an existing parking bay space nearest Levenshulme Antiques Village/Station South/Trove Cafe. This will remove 2 x parking spaces from the A6 and will provide additional cycle parking as well as extend a narrow pavement for users to spill out, bringing life to the street; It will also offer a place to stop, to sit and rest, re-prioritising an underused area of the high street for people and provide a distinct point of interest for Levenshulme to continue the positive engagement around the development of living streets in the neighbourhood. The parklet will become a local landmark and be a Manchester first. (Cost: £35k purchase,

installation & delivery: maintenance by businesses. (Include renewal costs)

● Bike Car Port

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At the other end of the A6 corridor, the intention is to develop a highly stylised 10 space cycle rack removing 1x parking bay space. The car shape will help to get the message across about the active neighbourhoods. The hub/rack will act as a symbol of shifting the emphasis away from cars onto cycling and changing polluting streets into healthy ones, through simple choices. (Cost:£15k

purchase,installation & delivery: maintenance by businesses.)

The off-street furniture will benefit from a ‘guardianship’ pledge from local traders, who as businesses in support of better walking and cycling provision, they will provide upkeep of the bicycle parking additions. Project Area 3: School and Play street projects to engage and shift culture. Supporting streets made for all: building on the work of the existing campaign

group to support action to re-introduce play into streets and to encourage

walking to school through safe environments.

● School Streets

Manchester City Council will champion and deliver a school streets pilot

project for primary schools in Levenshulme. The pilot will focus on creating

school spaces safe for walking and cycling. In addition,the programme,

supported by Living Streets and key delivery partners will seek to shift

behaviour with the introduction of engagement programmes to encourage

more walking to school.

The pilot will involve a series of staged experimental closures, traffic calming

features and other methodology and include multiple school street locations.

In advance of the proposed pilot, evidence of vehicle traffic, through counts,

at school drop off and collection times with community led support will build a

an evidence base (Cost :£25k for training/consultant time TROs/permissions

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- figures provided inc for 5 x schools engagement estimate by Living Streets

based on projects elsewhere )

● Play Streets

Building on the existing work of Our Manchester: Active Streets work in

Central Manchester in 2018 and the highly engaged Levenshulme campaign

groups, Manchester City Council will develop a series of Play Streets seeking

support from Playing Out and Sustrans. (Cost:£25k for training/initial

consultant time and TROs/permissions.

In addition, Manchester City Council will provide support to grassroots, play

street development and community led coordination of activities around

International Car Free Days and Clean Air Day GM dates, giving local

stakeholders with access to play street engagement resources/kits and with

support from key local partners (identified currently as TfGM’s Sustainable

Transport Development team)

Groups will be actively encouraged to and involved in managing their street

and environment: changing culture and prioritising the neighbourhood for

active living once again.

(Possible additional funding: 5K from TfGM sustainable development team

funding and 5K Neighbourhood Investment Funding 2019/20)

Project Area 4: Taking the first steps to making cycling possible, Secure

Parking:

● Bike Hangers

Introduce a secure bike hanger residential scheme across terraced streets with

an initial installation of 10 bike hangers.

Each hanger will supply streets whose households have little or no internal

storage space with an external, long term, secure parking solution, based on a

residential membership/sign up scheme.

The implementation will be supported by local coordinator sign up will focus

on recruiting memberships from areas with active resident groups in the first

instance to roll out a community led guardianship scheme.

The installation will focus on streets with less household capacity for storage

and will require the removal of one car parking space from the residential

roads.(Cost: £80k including installation and TROs/permissions. (Estimated at

£5k) Maintenance: Resident Group - Guardianship scheme

● Cycle Hub - Levenshulme Station

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A Cycle Hub at Levenshulme Station in the station car park. Transport figures

from 2016/17 report that Levenshulme Station is the highest used Manchester

station outside of the city centre. Usage was 562,638 journeys in and out of

the station) and yet there is no secure provision for bicycle parking in or

around the station with only two poorly located sheffield stands in the vicinity

of the station entrance (containing a vandalised bike) .

The installation of a new, secure cycle hub would support ongoing efforts by

TfGM , ACoRP with The Friends of Levenshulme Station and Afzal Khan MP for

Gorton efforts to improve Levenshulme Station appearance and accessibility. (

A recent bid has been submitted for Access For All/ Department For Transport

funding to install lifts) and create interchange connectivity between the

Station South active travel hub and the existing rail station and weekly

community markets.

Looking at the document entitled BEELINES T002 Technical note on parking

and parklets, we anticipate the installation of this would take up to 12 months

Cost: £250k incl installation

Friends of Levenshulme Station and Levenshulme Market CIC support

maintenance through Guardianship scheme.

Active Travel Hub - Station South (A6 and Fallowfield Loop)

Station South will be a destination cycle cafe, co-working space and urban

garden will be open to the public in 2019.

Ambitions to transform the internal and external space into a fully accessible,

active travel hub is underway with wide support from the community and key

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partner, initial development/feasibility in 2017/18 supported in part by

Manchester City Council. (7.5K already invested)

Similar to the Waltham Forest concept of ‘villigasing’ a neighbourhood and

creating multiple soft engagement activities around cycling and other active

modes of transport, this development sets a prominent active travel focus

both on and off the high street.

A linchpin independent development that centres around active travel, healthy

lifestyles and community focus will be key to support the modal shift necessary

to maximise engagement of the Levenshulme Bee Network filtered

neighbourhood development and work with Manchester City Council to

strengthen community support.

Key infrastructure contributions to the overall connectivity and culture shifting

focus in Levenshulme for Station South will be:

● Station Green - incorporating:

- a new, fully accessible direct path leading from the Fallowfield

Loop greenway to the A6, Stockport Road.

- outdoor space with permaculture inspired gardens, informal

play area.

- Hard landscaping around site to support access

- Secure, covered cycle facilities

- shipping container, with green roof incorporating an

environmental and arts project classroom and cycle workshop

- Enterprise Car club scheme - local discount incentive

- Electric Vehicle Charging Points - Bike and Car

- Bike Station - bike repair, bike equipment and bike, e-bike and

trailer hire

- Public access bike pump + tools

- 100 Sheffield stands, covers for sheffields

- Waymarking for local transport , cycle distances, local facilities

- gate access for high street and site

- Live transport information feed.

In addition to these visible changes to the area , Station South wil support

future programme of events with key partners and help support significant

lifestyle changes by providing an opportunity and the encouragement to try

out going car-free or reducing to a one car family. By providing access to bikes,

scooters, cargo bikes, bike trailers and electric bikes with hire opportunities

and try-outs on the greenway and in the neighbourhood there is a stress free

way to explore the possibility of choosing to go car-free.

In supplying the facilities to support ongoing use and build long term habits

such as bike maintenance workshops, use of bike pumps and tools and

somewhere secure to store bikes and also crucially providing information to

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connect people with public transport options for longer journeys, Station

South can help enable the necessary behaviour change to ensure Levenshulme

Bee Network filtered scheme is well promoted and well used.

The building restoration and phased transformation anticipates approx 600K

investment into the overall project by completion.

A recent Social Return On Investment report suggests that for every £1

invested in Station South, between £3.23 and £4.88 will be returned back into

the community.

Project Area 5: Building a community response from the ground up, and

forging an active travel culture:

● Local project and community coordinator:

It is seen as essential that a member of the community can have the time to

co-ordinate and focus consultation. As the first demonstrator project in GM

there is no existing model to work from and so if best practice is to be followed

the community believe that as well as MCC and TfGM project managers, a

dedicated community project co-ordinator will be essential to shape the

scheme development.

The role development of a community support consultant role to manage time

demanding community organisation up to the full business case for the filtered

neighbourhood, based within the neighbourhood.

A report entitled ‘ lessons learned from Waltham Forest by Emma Griffin - Oct

2017 noted; “Around 10 percent of their budget was spent on engagement.”

and said “Community engagement is critical to explain the wider benefits to

residents, businesses,travellers (regardless of mode). This sort of

transformation is new to many people so time must be spent spelling out what

they will gain. Waltham Forest has taken this very seriously with endless

leafleting, hiring skilled outside staff to talk to residents and shopkeepers along

roads being changed.”

This role is currently being lead by Pauline Johnston (Station South CIC Director

and marketing, projects and engagement specialist) on a voluntary basis

pre-bid to support the Bee Network application and help deliver initial

development and engagement within the community.

Pauline has also been invited by the Waltham Forest Cycling Campaign Group

for a study tour of their scheme, which she plans to embrace, hopefully with

an intergenerational group of residents from Levenshulme in Spring/Summer

2019.

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This community led strategy has proved a successful model for local

engagement to date and has provided the impetus to collectively activate the

Levenshulme community at the start of the journey to deliver a safer, healthier

filtered neighbourhood.

The skill sets required for a distinct community based role of this nature

requires extensive hyperlocal knowledge, passionate and trusted local

advocacy and a proven track record on delivery of both small and large scale

community projects alongside an understanding of the aims of Bee Network

and ambition to achieve the community led vision, supporting Manchester City

Council.

An innovative and inclusive approach to developing the scheme - a dedicated

part time, community engagement/coordinator role would provide a vital local

link between stakeholders, working with key partners to continue to involve

local people and groups in the community from the outset of planning and is a

distinct element of this bid.

The role includes:

● Organise and Facilitate meetings and

sub-group/ volunteer organisation

● Social Media and marketing material

creation/distribution

● Coordination between other groups

● Point of contact for GMCA/MCC/ TfGM and

community stakeholders.

● Coordinate consultations for placement of

bike hangers.

● Coordination and support of maintenance

agreements.

● Developing the Community Street Audits (a

methodology to understand how the

community see their streets and a way to

maximise useful participation)

● Coordinate Traffic counts – University of

Manchester students from Department of

Environment, Education and Development to

carry out voluntary support

Finally, in order that the lessons learned from the implementation can be

documented and shared with the wider community for GM wide learning the

coordinator will:

● Prepare a report to support full business case.

● Share practice and guidelines

● Be an local advocate for community led

schemes elsewhere in GM

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● Work from a local base in Levenshulme and

provide ’point of contact’ support

(Cost: £10K consultant/neighbourhood coordination)

Phase 2

Phase 2 would consist of the work required to deliver the filtered

neighbourhood. As it is reliant on work to be commissioned in Phase 1 it is

only outlined in brief below:

Filtered network implementation; getting to work by showcasing a best

practice approach to community supported scheme, local partnership

collaboration and an exemplar active neighbourhood delivery programme:

● Modal Filters and Copenhagen Crossings

Building on the examples from Waltham Forest a series of modal filters and

copenhagen crossings on side roads will be delivered. The community

suggested over 20 locations on Stockport Road and Errwood Road/Alma Park

that could be Copenhagen Style crossings. Due to the layout of Levenshulme

and the extent of the school streets programme it could be possible to deliver

at least 7 Modal Filters. Below are sample images of the types of interventions

suggested and a possible approach to two side streets reached from Stockport

Road A6.

Circa £700,000 including making good and tying in with A6 and other

associated works required to make good where side roads are crossed.

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● New Junctions and Crossings

Following the consultation and development work by Key Partners and design

teams, the aim is to start work on a programme of new and upgraded

crossings and junctions within the filtered neighbourhood area.

A number of junctions and crossings have been identified as part of the

network planning session. Some identified are major junctions, including a

proposed improvement to Albert Road/Stockport Road and a new ped/cycle

crossing over Kingsway. Others are minor crossings where facilities aren’t

currently supported.

Circa £350,000 due to scale of junctions

Possible Future Interventions; Bike Rental and Identity Setting

● Bike Docks/ EVCP inc Bikes

Anticipating the acceptance of a future, city wide docked bike scheme to be implemented, Manchester City Council would seek funding in further trache to support the implementation of bike docking station at key interchange ( Levenshulme Station/ Station South)including surface preparations for future Bike Docking station and E-Bike Charging - ( Cost:TBC - seeking TfGM to support EVCP implementation/ Station South seeking funding from external sources.)

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● Colourful/Art Crossings

Levenshulme ‘Colourful Crossings’ art/safety programme could be worked up as part of the community engagement process in Phase 1. based around the successful implementation of schemes elsewhere inc Southwark Street colourful crossings and Seattle community crosswalks. This would strengthen identity setting, placemaking and visible scheme positioning on existing or newly improved crossings within neighbourhood. (Cost: TBC)

The result will be an active neighbourhood that due to public participation

from its inception has the potential to be delivered sooner and with fewer

issues arising that might prevent delivery in areas that are not engaged with

the community in the same way.

A10 Funding Objectives

The Mayor’s Cycling & Walking Challenge fund is proposed to be split into the following two broad themes: Active Centres and Corridors; and Active Neighbourhoods. Please indicate which of these you feel the scheme best fits: ☐ Active Centres and Corridors X Active Neighbourhoods It is proposed that a number of high level objectives are associated with each of the above themes, as shown in the table below. Please indicate the extent to which the scheme meets these objectives in the appropriate table below (only fill in the table associated with the theme checked above)

Active Centres & Corridors Schemes

Objectives How does the scheme meet this objective?

To improve efficient movement of people (not just motor traffic) between and across our towns and city centres

To improve access to local centres by cycling and walking

To reduce negative impacts of motor traffic on local communities

To develop walking and cycling improvements on major routes between and through town and city centres as part of a holistic corridor strategy, based on “Streets for All” principles

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Active Neighbourhoods Objectives: How does the scheme meet this

objective? To reduce car dependency for short trips;

This scheme provides the infrastructure necessary to support the culture change required for significant improvements. Modal Filters, Continuous crossings at side roads and new crossings will re-prioritise the streets around Levenshulme away from the car towards walking and cycling. The size of the filtered neighbourhood is determined at an Active Travel size relating to journey times of 5-10 minutes. Improving the experience of the short journeys through a number of targeted interventions will encourage further modal shift. As well as the wider infrastructure improvements to support modal shift. The scheme will provide cycle parking for streets who have limited or no space to physically store bikes securely. Convenient and secure bike parking allows people choose alternatives away from the car. Further local activities around Play Streets, Mobility as a Service, Sustainable alternatives and Car Hire at the Station South Active Travel Hub will create a depth of activity across the neighbourhood to develop the culture shift required for modal shift away from car dependency.

To improve walking and cycling access to key local facilities (jobs, education, health and shops);

A significant part of the scheme is to develop a series of School streets. These will be a number of specific schemes in the environments around the schools to that encourage both active travel and creates an environment that is safe for all ages to get to and from the school. Solutions may look at the radical; via experimental closures or new infrastructure to the more basic experiential improvements and crossings.

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With much of the local facilities accessed from the A6, significant improvements to getting across the A6 will substantially improve access to local facilities.

To improve first and last mile access to public transport by walking and cycling;

Whilst much of Levenshulme is within a 10 minute walking distance from Public Transport including Bus and Rail. Journeys are interrupted by the experience of walking or cycling and lack of cycle parking at interchanges. This scheme will seek to provide a cycling hub at the rail station to allow secure interchange, with an Active Travel Hub at Station South encouraging an active transport (including cycling, scooters, skateboards, e-bikes hire, car club) interchange. Continuous crossings at side roads and crossings along desire lines will improve the experience of walking and cycling to public transport.

To reduce severance impacts of major roads that pass through local communities;

The A6 divides Levenshulme in half but other major roads form significant severance across the neighbourhood. This severance segregates different streets from local facilities. Significant facilities lack even basic crossings or drop kerbs, such as the rail and bus interchange and schools regularly complain about pupils needing to cross busy roads. Once complete: New crossings across key points of severance will remove the barriers. The initial study will outline where and the number of crossings are required. One of the early wins and high profile projects for delivery will be a crossing to demonstrate a statement of intent.

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A11 Strategic Network Development

To what extent does the scheme contribute to the development of a strategic walking and cycling network, with reference in particular to the key centres already identified through the ongoing LCWIP work

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The scheme fits in well with the wider strategic walking and cycling network. It focuses on delivering local connections concentrating on local neighbourhood connections to facilities. On the boundaries of the neighbourhood edge the scheme seeks to connect into other quiet streets that further connects into parallel routes. The FLOOP continues to provide a key segregated strategic leisure route. The Bee Network dovetails with the principles being developed along with the LCWIP, directing flows of traffic to the centre. The proposals also fit with the emerging work being developed for the A6 as part of the Streets for All Radial Corridor Projects. It therefore avoids specifying routes/suggestions along the A6 and other elements of the Key Route Network. Although it does suggest crossings over these areas of severance. A6 is transformed into a radial corridor - the scheme would also seamlessly link to that development. As a pioneering project, the development of this scheme can help to shape a GM approach to describe how local networks focused on quiet streets can fit with the strategic routes into the city centre. The community involvement will help to develop the necessary behavioural changes and deliver the full 15 parts of the Made to Move agenda rather than being solely infrastructure focused. The supporting infrastructure including hangers/ hubs will nurture that behavioural change as it happens.

A12 Engagement Please describe any community/stakeholder engagement that has been carried out to date There has been significant amounts of Community Engagement, with Manchester City Council working very closely with community groups. It is the intention that whilst the project will be project managed by MCC the direction of travel for much of the work will be community led. and supported with the development of a local coordinator role to continue liaison work. This pioneering approach to work closely with the community will develop the filtered neighbourhood from the bottom up; ultimately positively impacting on the long term likelihood of success. To date the following specific engagement that has been carried out is as follows:

● In response to the Beeline consultation Local Councillors (Levenshulme and Burnage) set up a well attended open meeting at Arcadia attended by GMCA in Sept 2018. Subsequently a subgroup was set up.

1 The Regional Centre, Salford Quays/Media City, Trafford Park, Manchester Airport and the town centres of Altrincham, Ashton-under-Lyne, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Wigan.

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● There have been three additional meetings of the subgroup to review the proposed Bee Network. The three meetings were attended by about 40 different individuals, who often represented a wider neighbourhood group.

● A fourth meeting in Jan 2019 to share information about play streets and outline bid development had 26 attendees.

● Additionally, a Community Street Audit is being carried out providing a local view of street experience, condition and quality.

● A trial run of the Community Street Audit commenced on 08/01/2019 with 12 individuals in attendance.

● Already over 50 streets are signed up to the audit in the first three weeks of launch ( 13/01/2019)

● An new facebook group has gained 90 active members in its first two weeks of operation and is supported across other social media platforms such as Twitter.

● A mailing list with over 70 local contacts is steadily building. ● Initial outreach in Dec 2019 to parents/PTA’s and teachers at several

local schools has indicated a strong desire to participate in a school streets programme, including Alma Park,Chapel Street, St Mary’s, St Andrews and Acacias .

● The Beelines (now Bee Network) subgroup have presented the strategy and ideas at the Community Conversation held at Levenshulme Inspire. This is a forum that unites all the different community & religious groups across the neighbourhood and received wide support from representatives from Local Housing Groups, One Manchester and Great Places, Noor Mosque, Levy Clean Air, Local Business such as Station Hop, Levenshulme Market CIC, Levy Youth Group.

● Volunteer contributions have been tallied to a total of 318 hours inc street audit and ongoing data collection work

The Bee Network subgroup have reviewed the comments left on the GM Mapping website and have also sought to engage with a number of other communities campaigning for street improvements. (see supplementary information for a full breakdown of the different groups who have engaged and are volunteering their time to help develop and support the programme). It is planned that the group will continue to communicate the next stages of the bid and assist the consultant teams and highways authority with the development of the filtered neighbourhood. The success of the Levenshulme group has been achieved via the sponsorship of Station South CIC. Their support and network of sponsors reaches over 1800 people strong. (With 1161 people donating to the successful crowdfunder in October 2018, to create a cycle cafe and active travel hub.) The swell of community engagement displayed through a unique crowd achievement and displays the emerging hopes for the neighbourhood at large. The activated, DIY approach is part of the distinct offer of Levenshulme,

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displayed by the motivated residents and socially driven businesses of which there are many. There is momentum building to deliver significant change to ensure feasibility of future neighbourhood success and is the perfect case study and launch pad for GM’s filtered neighbourhood.

A13 Leadership support

Does the scheme have the support of the relevant decision makers? (E.g. a relevant Executive Member/portfolio holder). If so, has this support been confirmed in writing? X Yes, confirmed in writing (please append) ☐ Yes, but not confirmed in writing ☐ No ☐ Not applicable

A14 Other key decision maker support

Are there any other key decision makers whose support will be necessary to approve the scheme’s delivery? (e.g. Councillors on an Area Committee). If so, has the support of these decision-makers been confirmed in writing? X Yes, confirmed in writing (please append) - Supplied in supplementary documentation entitled: Councillor Support Levenshulme and Burnage ☐ Yes, but not confirmed in writing ☐ No/not applicable

A15 Delivery stage At what stage of delivery is the scheme currently? The complexity of Filtered Neighbourhoods means that the community need to work with professional teams developing ideas from the start. Programme Entry will provide the security needed to develop the project. Without funding support the burden on community groups to develop the necessary income would be too great. X Initial idea: It is just an idea at this stage ☐ Feasibility: Some work has been done (e.g. early concept study) ☐ Outline design: There is an initial design ☐ Detailed design: There is a detailed design and cost estimate ☐ In procurement/tender: the scheme is currently the subject of a

procurement exercise ☐ Ready to mobilise: The scheme is ready to start construction

A16 Finance: Capital Costs

What is the estimated capital cost for the scheme? Please input costs by year, breaking down as far as possible by year of expenditure and development/construction split as per the table below. Please provide a summary here, and a more detailed breakdown by category of costs in question B12. If a more detailed phasing is available (e.g. by quarter or month), please attached this separately.

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In the second table below, please indicate both the Mayor’s C&W Challenge Funding (MCF) contribution sought and any other funding which will contribute to the scheme, if applicable. Please use the additional blank rows to name any other cost categories/funding sources. Add more rows if necessary. NOTE - Figures for 2020 and beyond are general & indicative and will be subject to change upon receipt of feasibility study commissioned in Phase 1. Costs are based on the extent of works required but also include 20% QRA and 40% contingency. A full breakdown of costs would be provided at business case stages.

Year 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Total cost Expenditure Summary

Development 99 90 90 279 Construction 1149 1208 1208 3565 Total Cost 1248 1298 1298 3844

Year 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 Total cost Funding MCF funding sought

1248 1298 1298 3844

Total Funding

1248 1298 1298 3844

NOTE - Figures for 2020 and beyond are general & indicative and will be subject to change upon receipt of feasibility study commissioned in Phase 1.

A17 Cost derivation

How have the costs been derived? (e.g. Benchmark/Price per km/QS/tendered cost/Estimates etc.) Costs have been benchmarked from previous experience and similar schemes in Waltham Forest. As no other scheme in GM has been delivered with a scope for a fully filtered neighbourhood there are no relevant direct comparisons.

A18 Finance: local funding

Please provide further details of any local or third party funding which will contribute to the scheme.

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Funding source (e.g. CCAG funds, Growth Deal, S106)

Value of contribution to scheme

Spend deadline

Notes

Volunteer Contribution

£5K N/A See attached Volunteer Support Summary

Station South CIC £80K + 2019/20 indirect contribution

estimated min 80K in urban garden fit out inc access path from Floop to A6.

It is identified that elements within this bid/ concept are applicable for the new Future High Streets Fund - potential to bid for transport/public realm element of bid to contribute -up to 22 March 2019. Current extent of contribution unknown.

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Part B

B1 Key Deliverables: outputs

What outputs will be delivered by the scheme? Whilst it is recognised that these will change through the scheme development/design process, please provide an indication of the quantum and type of infrastructure to be provided by the scheme. e.g number of cycle parking spaces, distance of new cycle route/Number of crossings. Please use the following table:

Infrastructure Type Length (in km) or number provided by scheme

Notes

Kerb segregated cycle lane/track

tbd Initial project is to determine scope of future works

Hybrid/stepped cycle lane/track

tbd

Light segregation cycle lane/track

tbd

Mandatory cycle lane with no physical segregation

tbd

Advisory cycle lane with no physical segregation

tbd

Shared use footways tbd Shared paths away from the highway (e.g. canal towpaths)

tbd

Pedestrian-only paths tbd Upgrades of signalised junctions

2 Significant junction improvement

Upgrades of minor junctions

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Toucan crossings tbd Parallel crossings 3 to be agreed with MCC Puffin crossings tbd Zebra crossings 2 tbd Bus stop bypasses tbd Cycle parking spaces tbd Modal Filters >8 Dependant on

consultation and design Copenhagen Crossing >20 Dependant on

consultation and design

B2 Key Deliverables: outcomes

What are the principal expected outcomes from the scheme (for example, additional numbers of trips by bike or on foot on the route)? Please quantify these as far as possible.

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● Increase in walking for short journey ● Reduction in the short car journeys ● Improvement in first and last mile of journeys to Public Transport

allowing these sorts of journeys to increase. ● Reduction in rat-running reducing the number of accidents on side

streets. ● Increase in the number of school children walking or cycling to school

The bid seeks to develop ideas from National Best Practice including Waltham Forest. It is therefore likely that we will see similar benefits.

B3 Strategic Impact To what extent is the programme likely to increase walking and cycling, and reduce short car trips? The Programme is designed to significantly increase walking and cycling by creating a safer environment with improved connections. Alongside the physical improvements to the infrastructure there will be work in schools to maximise the benefits. By creating a programme encouraging school children to make use of the Bee Network the work will have a depth whilst establishing itself. The reduction of the short school car trips that come from within the community will have a great impact on many of the narrow traffic choked streets. Works to increase secure cycle parking will harness people's interest and desire to cycle give them the means to actually carry it out. Short trips to Public Transport connections can now be carried out quickly and for people who live in terraced streets with no convenient access to parking, the cycling hangers offer an opportunity to participate in cycling. The programme is a comprehensive plan - built around Active Travel Hubs. The future hub at Station South will offer electric charging points and a car hire scheme; meaning that people could turn away from individual car ownership altogether. The community work, alongside the infrastructure plans gives Levenshulme a unique opportunity to explore what could be possible to deliver a sustainable, green, healthy and active community.

B4 Level of service

A Greater Manchester Streets for All Check is in development and will be used to inform future decisions on design quality in relation to the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund. Please answer the following questions to enable an informed view to be taken with regard to the level of service provided to pedestrians and cyclists associated with scheme proposals.

For schemes predominantly on roads with <4,000 vehicles per day:

● What will the speed limit of the roads be?

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The speed limit across the neighbourhood is 20mph with main roads

30mph. Review of some of the 30mph zones may be revised if

appropriate.

● What measures, if any, will be in place to reduce the volumes and

speeds of traffic on the roads affected?

Modal Filters to stop rat running. School street temporary closures.

Continuous crossings and raised tables at side roads and junctions.

● Will there be any major roads to be crossed and if so, what crossing

facilities will be provided?

There will be several major roads to be crossed. Some in locations

where they are not currently served by any crossings at all. Full

assessments have to been carried out however it is anticipated that

parallel crossings both signalised and full zebra crossings will be

considered as options.

● What measures will be put in place to enable pedestrians to cross side

road junctions?

Several different options will be considered for side roads. As a

minimum tightening of junction radii and narrowing will emphasise

pedestrian links and will help to reduce speed.

Other preferred options will include continuous crossings to increase

pedestrian priority and where appropriate colourful/flash crossings

would form part of a package of side road treatments that elevate the

crossing’s appearance and presence.

B5 Designs Please append any concept/detailed designs for the scheme which may be available, and indicate below what level of designs are submitted: No designs have been submitted but there is a supplementary document that goes into more detail. x No designs accompany this proforma ☐Concept designs are submitted with this pro-forma ☐ Detailed designs are submitted with this pro-forma

B6 Consents and Approvals

What consents and approvals are required prior to starting on-site? What is the current position?

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Approvals

category

Required (Yes/No ) Current Position

Planning / TWA Likely

TRO Yes

Land purchase Possible

CPO No

Highway Adoption Yes

Rail Industry

Approvals

No

Approval of

another highway

authority (e.g.

Highways England)

No

Public Rights of

Way

No

Environment

Agency

No

Natural England No

Other – Specify

B7 Delivery Timescales

Please list the key delivery milestones: Activity: Feasibility Full Filtered

Neighbourhood

Anticipated date

Initiate project March 2019

Appoint designer April 2019

Complete design May 2019

MCC approval/finalise scheme June 2019

Develop Business Case July 2019

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Next Stage design to tender July 2019 onwards

Activity:A6 Cycle Parking & Parklet Anticipated date


Appoint designer March 2019

Complete design April 2019

Contract award / delivery agreement May 2019

Start on site June 2019

Complete July 2019

Activity: High Profile Crossing Anticipated date


Appoint designer March 2019

Complete design September 2019

Contract award / delivery agreement November 2019

Start on site Winter 2019

Complete March 2020

B8 Dependencies on other schemes

Please list any dependencies on other schemes No dependency on other projects

B9 Procurement What is the proposed procurement route for scheme delivery? (e.g. DLO, Contractor Framework etc)

● Direct appointment for the community based bee network role. The community coordinator role is already being carried out by Pauline Johnston Station South CIC.

● It is envisaged that this would be continued in line with the Manchester City Council’s procurement rules relating to direct appointments.

● Contractor Framework B10 Resource availability

Please provide the details of the resources you have to develop, design and deliver the scheme, including Project Management resources

● There are Project Management resources available at MCC

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● Outline scheme design will be developed alongside assigned Highways Authority resources.

● Detailed junction and crossing design resources will be identified upon receipt of an accepted scheme.

B11 TfGM resource Please advise if you would like to discuss using TfGM Project Management or design resources (check all those that apply) ☐ Yes, we would like to discuss using TfGM Project Management resources ☐ Yes, we would like to discuss using TfGM design resources x No, we have/will be able to provide sufficient Project Management resources If you have checked either of the ‘yes’ boxes above, please provide a short description below of the resources you would like to access

B12 Capital costs breakdown

What is the estimated capital cost for the scheme? Please input costs by year, breaking down as far as possible as per the table below. Please attach a detailed appendix of cost breakdown and phasing if available. Add more rows if necessary. NOTE - Figures for 2020 and beyond are general & indicative and will be subject to change upon receipt of feasibility study commissioned in Phase 1.

Cost Category 2018/19

£’000

2019/20

£’000

2020/21

£’000

2021/22

£’000

Total

£’000

Design and Development

99 90 90

Civil Infrastructure 319 435 435

Equipment 272 82.5 82.5

Project Management 7%

29 52.5 52.5

Utilities 57 105 105

Inflation

Monitoring/Evaluation 4 7.5 7.5

Quantified Risk Assessment on above costs 20%

156 155 155

Contingency (to be held by GMCA) 40%

312 370 370

Total 1248 1298 1298 3844

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B13 Ongoing Costs Please use the table below to identify the annual maintenance and operational costs for the scheme, which organisation is responsible for funding them, and whether the organisation has agreed to fund that annual maintenance cost. Please itemise as far as possible (e.g. signals maintenance, highway maintenance etc.) providing annual average figures for each named item, and add more columns if necessary.

Cost Annual Cost

£’000

Funding Organisation

Check box if named organisation has agreed to fund

Operating ☐

Maintenance ☐

Renewals ☒

Total

B14: Life Expectancy

Please use the table below to indicate whether there are any asset renewal costs; when these would be expected to be incurred; which organisation will fund the costs, and whether that organisation has agreed to fund the renewal cost.

Are there any future asset renewal costs?

☐ Yes ☐ No

If yes, please indicate when these would be expected to be incurred (i.e. the expected total life-span of the main assets)

Which organisation will fund any cost named above?

Has this organisation agreed to fund the above cost?

☐ Yes ☐ No

B15 Future maintenance

Are you, the scheme promoter, committed to future maintenance and renewal of all assets delivered by the scheme in order to maintain the quality of user

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experience at a level consistent with that when the scheme was initially installed? x Yes ☐ No

B16 Value for money assessment

Has a quantitative value for money assessment been carried out? ☐ Yes x No If so, please indicate the result of the overall value for money assessment: ☐ Low VfM (BCR < 1.5) ☐ Medium VfM (BCR between 1.5 and 2.0) ☐ High VfM (BCR between 2.0 and 4.0) ☐ Very high VfM (BCR greater than 4.0)

B17 Value for money commentary

Please provide commentary on the value for money assessment process undertaken. A separate document may be provided if necessary/appropriate. Not yet undertaken

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