Devon County Council have secured more than £1m of Government funding to help fund the replacement of Mallison Bridge at Exeter Quay.
The funding follows the successful bid, supported by Exeter City Council, to the Department for Transport’s Active Travel England (ATE) Fund.
The £1.1m funding is Devon’s allocation after the DfT announced that £101 million of funding was being awarded for ‘high quality’ walking and cycling routes across England.
In partnership with Exeter City Council and Exeter Canal and Quay Trust, we’ll deliver a new bridge – the old Mallison Bridge was a key part of a popular cycle route in the City, but structural concerns led the bridge to be closed, then removed, in 2020.
Since then, cyclists and pedestrians have used an alternative route via a narrow path which connects the river to Commercial Road.
The funding will enable a replacement bridge to be delivered which will improve active travel in the city which will in turn boost health and wellbeing and cut carbon emissions.
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