Transforming Cities Fund

Norfolk County Council, in partnership with Norwich City Council, Broadland District Council and South Norfolk Council, made an application to the Department for Transport (DfT) as part of the Transforming Cities Fund through Transport for Norwich. The fund aims to make it easier for people to access jobs, training and retail, and also aims to respond to issues around air quality.

In September 2018, Greater Norwich was one of 10 city areas shortlisted to apply for a share of the £840m grant.

In the following budget announcement, this was extended to 12 city areas and a £1.2bn total fund.

In January 2019, the partnership submitted a wish-list of schemes for funding from an initial £60m pot and were subsequently awarded £6.1m to deliver improvements to Norwich Bus Station,
investment in the blue and green pedalway routes in Hethersett and Thorpe St Andrew and the introduction of the new bike share scheme for Greater Norwich, Beryl.

In November 2019 we submitted detailed proposals to the DfT for an extensive programme of further schemes designed to transform travel in Greater Norwich and sets out our vision to "invest in clean and shared transport, creating a healthy environment, increasing social mobility and boosting productivity through enhanced access to employment and learning".

Our initial bid was unsuccessful but following submission of a Revised proposal (PDF, 2 MB) in May 2020 we were awarded £32m to deliver our 'core' package of improvements. 

This investment still represents one of the largest commitments to sustainable transport ever seen in the city, securing a pledge of significant additional investment from First Bus.

All schemes within the program were subject to local public consultation and all those that were able to go ahead have either been completed or are currently pending.

Full details of work carried out on each project can be found in our Improvement projects pages.