£9m Sheffield e-bike hire plan delayed
A huge Sheffield e-bike hire scheme to get people out of their cars has been delayed.
The city council said it was working on a new timetable for the £9m 950-bike project.
A tender in October said it would launch in April and would be all e-bikes ‘to suit Sheffield's hilly topography’.
But, a city council spokesperson said: “The procurement for the Sheffield e-bike hire project has been delayed.
“Officers are working on an amended timetable for the process to move forward at the moment.”
The e-bike hire scheme was first mentioned in the City Centre Access and Movement Plan, published in summer, which looks at plans for transport in the city centre over the next 15 years.
It states the aim is to cut city centre traffic by up to a fifth, to make streets ‘more people friendly and prosperous’.
In September, the city council revealed it had spent more than £27m on cycling infrastructure in the last two years.