Following the publication of Better Connected, the Department for Transport has launched the Integrated Transport Digital Twin (ITDT) Fund. This £30 million fund will support pre-selected local transport authorities to develop digital twin trials that improve transport integration, network performance and resilience.
The fund will enable local authority-led partnerships to test innovative, data-driven approaches, strengthen collaboration across organisational and geographical boundaries, and generate evidence and learning to inform potential future rollout.
Who can apply
The ITDT competition is being delivered as a closed funding call, open only to a shortlist of 14 Local Transport Authorities or Combined Authorities (collectively referred to as LTAs) who can apply for this initial pathfinder phase.
The 14 pre-selected local transport authorities are as follows:
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority
- East Midlands Combined County Authority
- Essex County Council
- Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Hertfordshire County Council
- Milton Keynes City Council
- Norfolk County Council and Suffolk County Council
- North East Combined Authority
- Sussex and Brighton Strategic Authority
- Transport for London
- West Midlands Combined Authority
- West Northamptonshire Council
- West of England Combined Authority
- West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Key Dates
- Opening date: 9 July 2026, 12:01am (Midnight)
- Deadline for clarification questions 10th August 2026 (4pm)
- Deadline for responses to clarification questions 17th August 2026
- Deadline to submit application 1st September 2026 (4pm)
- DfT reviews and makes funding decisions October 2026
- Final evaluation and programme closure March 2030
To find out more, please visit: Integrated Transport Digital Twin – GOV-UK Find a grant
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