Norfolk County Council has been successful in securing £171,545 from the Government’s annual Air Quality Grant. The money will be used to create an e-cargo bike library, helping local businesses in Norfolk to cut operating costs while lowering their emissions.

The Air Quality Grant run by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) helps councils develop and implement measures to benefit schools, businesses and communities and reduce the impact of air pollution on people’s health.

Air quality grants are now funding more cargo bike schems than those given by transport authorities. A report published by London Assembly last week said that the ‘the Mayor should provide further funding to local authorities in London for cargo bike sharing schemes and cargo bike training, to help businesses pedal their way to net zero’.