Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg today (27 November) announced a £214m funding pot to help the government achieve its aim of doubling the amount of cyclists on UK roads in the next 10 years.
He said the money represented the biggest-ever single investment in cycling.
The government will allocate £114m to boost its Cycling Ambition Cities Programme -which saw £77m commited last Autumn to improve cycling infrastruture in eight chosen cities, as well as at 14 major national trunk road junctions - with the remaining £100m spent on making the strategic roads network more cycle-friendly.
Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said: "Under this government, the Department for Transport has doubled the amount money available for cycling.
"We want all new roads cycle-proofed, making cycling safer and encouraging awareness on our roads. This additional funding is about further improving the thousands of short journeys made by bicycle every day."
Earlier this month, in response to a Transport Committee report that raised concerns about the amount of cyclists killed by HGVs, the government said it was pleased to see freight operators taking measures to "improve its culture and practice" towards vulnerable road users.
However it added that it wanted to see more operators across the industry adopting such practices.
The DfT also championed the use of out-of-hours deliveries as a mechanism to reduce HGV-related cycling fatalaties.