Online voting has now begun at www.thepeoples50million.org.ukin the People's �50 Million Lottery Giveway. Sustrans' Connect2 is with 3 other organisations to win a one-off grant of �50 million from the Big Lottery Fund, with the winner to be decided by public vote over the next few weeks.
By building bridges and crossings over main roads, rivers and railways, Sustrans' Connect2 will overcome many of the barriers that currently prevent people getting about more on foot and bike. The crossings will link into networks of paths, enabling pedestrians and cyclists to have direct and continuous access to local schools, shops, workplaces, green spaces, friends and family, and all those other places people want to get to in their every day lives. As many as 6 million people live within a mile of a proposed scheme, and over 1 million children attend schools within a similar distance. When complete, Connect2 schemes will carry over 60 million active, healthy, low carbon journeys a year, with a potential carbon saving of 79,000 tonnes, the equivalent of 79,000 people's car use in a year.
There are three opportunities to vote: online, by landline and by mobile. Online voting has begun and telephone voting begins on 7th December. To be sent the telephone number to vote when it becomes available, visit www.sustransconnect2.org.uk and register your details, or text Connect2 to 80010
Sustrans' Connect2 is competing with the Eden Project: The Edge; the Black Country as Urban Park; and Sherwood: The Living Legend, details of which can be found at www.thepeoples50million.org.uk . Voting concludes at noon on 10th December, with the winner to be announced on 12th December.