Dundee City Council's city development committee is set to consider a proposed ten-year plan to boost sustainable transport infrastructure and link with wider initiatives across the region.

The committee will be asked to back a new sustainable transport delivery plan that will focus on local active travel, bus services, mobility as a service and low carbon vehicle infrastructure.

Mark Flynn committee convener said: "The nature of sustainable transport inevitably means that there are international, national, regional and local aspects, but for the first time this plan focusses purely on what we are going to do in Dundee.

"It won't replicate the work of the Regional Transport Strategy, but what it will do is tie in closely with, and complement that activity, to create a city where sustainable transport is at the heart of our infrastructure investment decisions."

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Among the proposals outlined for active travel are a planned network of strategic active freeway routes in the city, the expansion of e-bike hire provision, growth in cycle storage provision and a programme for improved road safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

For bus services the Sustainable Transport Delivery Plan aims to detail key bus priority corridors, find ways of accessing external funding to develop bus priority infrastructure and provide a programme aimed at improving public transport journey times.

The objectives for sustainable visitor journeys and the role of Mobility as a Service in reducing private car use will be considered, as well as the potential for growth in shared mobility provision and potential locations for principal mobility hubs.

The final element will be to consider the capacity for growth of electric vehicles in Dundee, prioritising further infrastructure capacity to meet that growth and outline the initial objectives for facilitating hydrogen development.

If councillors give the proposal the green light at the city development committee on Monday (March 7) a draft will be issued early next year for stakeholder consultation before the final plan comes back to the committee for agreement.