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Levenshulme Mini-Holland #Beelines

Agenda 1. Network Planning Session (45mins-1hr) 2. Agreeing a community vision (30mins) 3. Agree next steps and quick wins (30mins)

The opportunity • Mayor’s Challenge Fund: £160m • Develop a network (beelines) • Walking & Cycling • The Standard: > Walking: Double buggy > Cycling: Safe for a competant12yr old (Bikeability level 2)

£160m Fund via 2 funding avenues: Active Centres & Active Neighbourhoods: Corridors: Improving neighbourhood walking and cy- cling access from residential areas to local Strategic walking and cycle route connections jobs, schools, colleges, health facilities and between and across town and city centres; public transport. • Would apply to streets like the A6 and • Reduce car dependency for short trips; other commuting corridors. • Improve walking and cycling access to key • TfGM have commissioned a study to look local facilities (jobs, education, health and at the entire length of the A6 as Streets for shops); All. • Improve fjrst and last mile access to public transport by walking and cycling; • Improve walking and cycling to/from new housing developments; and/or • Reduce severance impacts of major roads that pass through local communities.

What could form an Active Neighbourhood? One way streets with Road calming with environmental environmental improvement improvementss Implied zebra Secure Parking ʻCopenhagen’ style continuous crossing Modal Filter

Where to start: Each bid starts with the Network Plan to get the right scheme we need the right Network Plan

TO CITY CENTRE Belle Vue Levenshulme, Burnage, University A6 GORTON LONGSIGHT Longsight, Gorton Rusholme Potential to extend A6 response to create a MANCHESTER series of connected LEVENSHULME North neighbourhoods. Reddish Fallowfield But initially start and focus on Levenshulme at its heart. Reddish Although potential to connect active A6 neighbourhood rather than being driven Heaton by Ward boundary if it seems like an Withington BURNAGE Chapel artifjcial boundary. Heaton Moor Didsbury Heaton STOCKPORT Mersey East Didsbury