The Minister made the announcement at the Active Travel Summit in Inverness.
The new funding takes overall investment in active travel to £39.2m for 2015/16.
In November 2014, the Transport Minister launched the Active Travel Vision, which focuses on areas such as infrastructure, transport integration, cultural and behaviour change, community ownership and planning.
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Mr Mackay said: "The Scottish Government and Transport Scotland are committed to encouraging healthier and greener modes of travel. That is why we are investing more than £1 billion to encourage people out of their cars and onto more sustainable and active modes."
Investment in Sustainable and Active Travel includes just over £20m of Scottish Government funding which will allow Sustrans Scotland to continue their work on new facilities.
Each Sustrans Scotland project is match-funded by local authorities and other partners– taking investment in walking and cycling facilities in Scotland to over £44m
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