Buckinghamshire Council has announced that following the launch of the first tranche of £1m from the HS2 Road Safety Fund earlier this year, HS2 Limited has now approved the first eight schemes.
The government has made funding available to address issues that have been created or made worse by the construction of High Speed Two (HS2).
Buckinghamshire has an HS2 Road Safety Fund of £3.95m, which will be allocated in a series of tranches up to 2026.
The funding can be used towards the costs of traffic calming measures, safer pedestrian crossings or safer junctions for pedestrians, equestrians, cyclists and drivers
The First eight schemes are:
- Speed Indicator Devices for Waddesdon, Westcott and Quainton
- Measures to improve visibility of the junction at School Hill/Perry Hill in Charndon
- White edging to improve visibility along various sections of the A4010 between Kimble and the Pedestal Roundabout in West Wycombe
- Measures to improve visibility of the Bradenham Wood Lane junction on the A4010
- Traffic calming measures on the approaches to the houses either side of the Chiltern Railway bridge just north of West Wycombe, plus improvements to traffic warning signs & visibility of the bridge
A further nine, more complex schemes, are also currently being considered by Buckinghamshire Council and feasibility work has been agreed to refine scheme details and costs so that it can be decided which schemes can be funded from within the tranche 1 budget.
Since the HS2 Road Safety Fund was first announced, many schemes have been suggested by communities in Buckinghamshire and the aim is to support as many viable ones as possible within the budget.
The second tranche of the HS2 Road Safety Fund will be launched in 2022 and details of this are available on the Buckinghamshire Council website.
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