A £1.5million walking and cycling route into Bolton town centre is among schemes to be considered next week.

The 15 projects, which aim to transform how people travel in every area of Greater Manchester, will be considered by Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA).

They include a £1.5million quality walking and cycling route along on the B6226 to Bolton town centre, running parallel to the much busier Chorley Old Road.

The project includes signed quiet routes, improved crossings and routes through parks and public spaces.

If all schemes are approved, it would see approximately £25 million provided from the Mayor’s Cycling and Walking Challenge Fund. A further £4 million would be funded by Greater Manchester’s district councils and the Department for Transport’s Cycle City Ambition Grant.

The proposed projects will deliver 60 new and upgraded crossings and junctions as well as 15 miles of new cycling and walking routes. This includes six miles of Dutch-style cycle lanes that are separated from motor traffic.

Bolton Council’s executive cabinet member for highways, Cllr David Chadwick said: “Beelines is all about connecting communities and this project will make it easier and safer for people to cycle and walk to the town centre.

“The scheme for the Chorley Old Road area was identified through working with Sustrans – a sustainable transport charity that wants to make it easier for people to walk and cycle.”

He added: “We are very pleased that it has been identified as one of the first in Greater Manchester and for Bolton, to benefit from the mayor’s cycling fund.”

The first draft of the network will remain open for comments on the www.mappingGM.org.uk/Beelines platform until the end of September. Comments will then be used to inform the second draft of the map which will be published later this year.