Croydon has secured £1.79m from Transport for London (TfL) for safer roads, school streets and better bus journeys across the borough.
The funding will support a revised Local Implementation Plan (LIP) programme focused on local priorities that can be delivered this financial year. The council said it resubmitted an updated LIP after the Mayoral elections at TfL’s request, giving it a chance to refine the programme.
What the money will fund
The programme will fund a range of improvements: safer pedestrian crossings, measures to make roads safer outside schools, road safety improvements on Portland Road, new cycle routes linking parks and neighbourhoods, more cycle parking, and improvements to bus journeys.
The updated programme places a stronger emphasis on delivering transport improvements that respond to local priorities — improving the highway network, tackling congestion and reliability issues, enhancing road safety at targeted locations, improving bus performance, making key transport hubs more accessible, and delivering walking and cycling routes where they are most appropriate.
Community feedback has helped shape the revised programme, with an emphasis on schemes that improve safety and accessibility while keeping Croydon moving.
Less than first sought
The revised allocation is lower than the amount originally sought, reflecting the time remaining to complete schemes within this financial year. The council and TfL said they will continue working together on future investment programmes.
The LIP funding sits alongside the council’s own £17.58m being invested in highways for roads, footways, bridges and flood-management, which it says will help keep the borough safe, reliable and resilient.
A council spokesperson said: “Residents deserve safer roads, reliable buses and transport schemes that work for their neighbourhoods. When residents and businesses raise concerns about a scheme, I will listen and press for those concerns to be addressed.”
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