06/2021 – AJ1 Project Road Safety Fund
DN 06/2021 Date 12/3/2021
In 2020, the Commissioner approved a total amount of £190,085 to be made available to support community-based Road Safety projects (please refer to DN 10/2020 https://www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk/decision-notices/dn-10-2020-aj1-project-road-safety-fund/ ).
A one-time application and panel process took place between August – October 2020 to determine projects (please refer to AJ1 Project Road Safety Fund – Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner North Yorkshire (northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk).
A total of 106 applications were received, exceeding the £190,085 funding available by over 400%. To support application evaluation, NYCC Highways and Transportation Department were sent summaries of key information in relation to all highways engineering related applications, to review and ensure viability. County Councillors were also invited to review relevant applications from their local area in advance of the panel.
To ensure decisions were informed by experience, the panel included representatives of partners involved with the 95 Alive Partnership:
- North Yorkshire Police (NYP)
- Office of the North Yorkshire Police Fire and Crime Commissioner (PFCC)
- North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (NYFRS)
- North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) and City of York Council (CYC)
To maximise the benefit of this funding and in line with the original guidance and purpose of the funding as set out on the PFCC website, parish / town level applications, (supported by NYCC Highways and Transportation), with identified match funding were prioritised for full financial support. Parish / town level applications, (supported by NYCC Highways and Transportation), but without identified match funding were prioritised for partial financial support.
A total of 81/106 projects have been agreed for funding. The £165,143.56 difference has been supplemented by other grant funding underspends. A full list of supported projects is below:
| Name of project | Name of applicant / organisation | Amount Awarded | District | |
| 1 | Actions have Consequences | Actions Have Consequences (Volunteer-led group) | £3,542.70 | Countywide |
| 2 | Carleton in Craven Speed Warning Project | Carleton in Craven Parish Council | £3,250.00 | Craven |
| 3 | Cononley Village Gateways | Cononley Parish Council and Speedwatch Group | £8,750.00 | Craven |
| 4 | Traffic Calming on the A65, Ingleton | Ingleton Parish Council | £1,400.00 | Craven |
| 5 | Village Safer Speeds | Thornton-in-Craven Parish Council | £1,364.95 | Craven |
| 6 | Surveys | Bradley Both Parish Council | £5,180.00 | Craven |
| 7 | Gargrave Station Safety Improvement Project | Gargrave Parish Council | £928.76 | Craven |
| 8 | Oak Tree Park Safety Initiative | Bagby and Balk Parish Council | £1,750.00 | Hambleton |
| 9 | Vehicle Activated Sign (VAS) Brompton Lane | Brompton Town Council | £3,500.00 | Hambleton |
| 10 | Vehicle Activated Speed Signs | Sutton on the Forest Parish Council | £3,227.00 | Hambleton |
| 11 | Faceby Bus Shelter | Faceby Community Projects – Bus Shelter Project | £3,000.00 | Hambleton |
| 12 | Tholthorpe Safer Roads | Tholthorpe Parish | £9,000.00 | Hambleton |
| 13 | Newby Wiske, Otteringtons and Maunby Road Safety Group | Newby Wiske, Otteringtons and Maunby Road Safety Group | £11,066.54 | Hambleton |
| 14 | Crayke Reduce Your Speed Scheme | Crayke Parish Council | £3,000.00 | Hambleton |
| 15 | A Slower Romanby | Romanby Parish Council | £3,350.00 | Hambleton |
| 16 | 3 Villages Speed Reduction Project | Potto Seamer and Crathorne Parish Council | £4,235.00 | Hambleton |
| 17 | Respect for footpaths and traffic | Coxwold Parish Council | £2,500.00 | Hambleton |
| 18 | Londonderry Junction | Exelby Leeming and Londonderry Parish Council | £5,600.00 | Hambleton |
| 19 | Huby Speed Awareness Signs | Huby Parish Council | £2,128.00 | Hambleton |
| 20 | Thirsk Road Speed Reduction Project | Northallerton Town Council | £1,221.64 | Hambleton |
| 21 | Stay Safe Slow Down | Stokesley Conservation Area Advisory Group | £2,018.80 | Hambleton |
| 22 | LED Lighting upgrade for Easingwold Primary School Zebra Crossing | Easingwold Town Council – Safety Working Group | £838.60 | Hambleton |
| 23 | Linton Road Safety | Linton on Ouse Parish Council | £815.36 | Hambleton |
| 24 | Shipton Road Safety | Shipton by Beningbrough Parish Council | £1,916.32 | Hambleton |
| 25 | Cycle Newton | Newton-on-Ouse Parish Council | £1,862.00 | Hambleton |
| 26 | Speed Reduction Reinforcement | Hackforth & Ainderby Miers with Holtby Parish Council | £2,912.00 | Hambleton and Richmondshire |
| 27 | Advanced Driving skills for Young Drivers and Older Drivers | Northallerton Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) group | £3,136.00 | Hambleton and Richmondshire |
| 28 | VAS speed limit signage | Spofforth with Stockeld Parish Council | £3,000.00 | Harrogate |
| 29 | The River Ure Bridge Lighting Safety Project | Boroughbridge Town Council | £13,000.00 | Harrogate |
| 30 | Traffic calming measures | North Rigton Parish Council | £4,100.00 | Harrogate |
| 31 | Traffic calming measures | Follifoot with Plompton Parish Council | £2,750.00 | Harrogate |
| 32 | Making Scotton Safer | Scotton Community Speedwatch Action Group | £19,363.00 | Harrogate |
| 33 | Sicklinghall Parish Council chicane | Sicklinghall Parish Council | £2,000.00 | Harrogate |
| 34 | Children and Community Pedestrian Road Safety | Local Cllr on behalf of Woodfield School Governors | £20,000.00 | Harrogate |
| 35 | Pedestrian Island on A61 | Pannal Sports Junior Football Club | £3,078.32 | Harrogate |
| 36 | Boroughbridge Wetherby Road VAS project | Boroughbridge Town Council | £1,001.00 | Harrogate |
| 37 | The Minskip Village Vehicle Activated Speed Sign Road Safety Project | Boroughbridge Town Council | £2,002.00 | Harrogate |
| 38 | Burton Leonard Road Traffic Speed Controlling Measures | Burton Leonard Parish Council | £1,992.48 | Harrogate |
| 39 | Improving road safety for cyclists and pedestrians | Dacre Parish Council | £980.00 | Harrogate |
| 40 | Road Safety in Flaxby | Goldsborough and Flaxby Parish Council | £560.00 | Harrogate |
| 41 | Speed Limit Reminder | Masham Parish Council | £3,500.00 | Harrogate |
| 42 | Pavement Improvement Masham Bridge to Low Burton | Masham Parish Council | £560.00 | Harrogate |
| 43 | Mobile VAS | Pateley Bridge Town Council | £902.16 | Harrogate |
| 44 | Kirkby Malzeard, Laverton and Dallowgill Community Considerate Driving campaign | Kirkby Malzeard, Laverton and Dallowgill Parish Council | £1,321.60 | Harrogate |
| 45 | Richmondshire Area Motorcycle Project (RAMP) | RAMP | £9,320.00 | Richmondshire |
| 46 | Safer Driving | Richmond School and Sixth Form College | £1,074.00 | Richmondshire |
| 47 | VAS | North East Richmondshire Vehicle Activated Signs syndicate | £6,454.00 | Richmondshire |
| 48 | Summer Road Safety Training | Wensleydale Bike Club | £462.00 | Richmondshire |
| 49 | Traffic Speed Reduction in Helmsley | Helmsley Town Council | £3,000.00 | Ryedale |
| 50 | Road Safety Project York Road, Malton | Malton Town Council | £3,550.00 | Ryedale |
| 51 | Road Safety Project, Scarborough Road, Norton | Norton On Derwent Town Council | £2,408.75 | Ryedale |
| 52 | Safe Pedestrian Path | Buttercrambe Community Group | £1,200.00 | Ryedale |
| 53 | Continuing to reduce speeding in our Village | Weaverthorpe Parish Council | £1,900.00 | Ryedale |
| 54 | Safe Cycle Route Section A | Kirkbymoorside Town Council in partnership with Ryedale Cycle Forum | £20,000.00 | Ryedale |
| 55 | Road Safety Shelter Art Project Highfield Road, Malton |
Malton Town Council | £4,000.00 | Ryedale |
| 56 | Traffic Calming Project | Whitwell with Crambe Parish Council | £50.67 | Ryedale |
| 57 | Great and Little Barugh Road Safety Improvements | Great and Little Barugh Parish Council | £3,547.59 | Ryedale |
| 58 | Swinton Path for Everyone; part of the Hovingham-Malton Path for Everyone | Malton and Norton Area Partnership | £5,600.00 | Ryedale |
| 59 | Glaisdale Footpath project | Glaisdale Parish Council | £20,000.00 | Scarborough |
| 60 | Road Safety Signs | East Ayton Parish Council and Brompton by Sawdon Parish Council | £6,000.00 | Scarborough |
| 61 | Long Lane-Quiet Lane | Seamer Parish Council | £2,980.00 | Scarborough |
| 62 | Front of School Pedestrian Safety Barriers | George Pindar School | £3,800.00 | Scarborough |
| 63 | VAS Project | Newby and Scalby Parish Council | £2,147.32 | Scarborough |
| 64 | VAS | Burniston Parish Council | £2,131.36 | Scarborough |
| 65 | Lythe and Sandsend Road Safety for Life | Lythe Parish Council | £2,914.80 | Scarborough |
| 66 | Hambleton Village Road Safety Project | Hambleton Parish Council | £20,000.00 | Selby |
| 67 | VAS speed limit signage | Barkston Ash Parish Council | £3,000.00 | Selby |
| 68 | Vehicle Activated Sign (VAS) Project | Kellington Parish Council | £1,962.00 | Selby |
| 69 | Kelfield Road Safety | Kelfield Parish Council | £1,000.00 | Selby |
| 70 | Monk Fryston VAS signs | Monk Fryston Parish Council | £6,000.00 | Selby |
| 71 | Towton Road Safety Project | Towton, Grimston and Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford Parish Council – Traffic Safety Sub-Committee | £7,500.00 | Selby |
| 72 | Speed Management Project | Kirk Smeaton Parish Council | £3,398.75 | Selby |
| 73 | Sherburn in Elmet VAS | Sherburn in Elmet Parish Council | £3,000.00 | Selby |
| 74 | Whitley Road Safety Improvements | Whitley Parish Council | £5,000.00 | Selby |
| 75 | Little Smeaton Speed Control Measures | Little Smeaton Parish Council | £2,940.00 | Selby |
| 76 | Skipwith traffic calming scheme | Skipwith Parish Council | £1,680.00 | Selby |
| 77 | Church Fenton Highways Project | Church Fenton Parish Council | £4,295.76 | Selby |
| 78 | Eggborough Traffic Calming Initiative | Eggborough Parish Council | £2,943.17 | Selby |
| 79 | Keep Kids Safe | York Advanced Drivers | £8,940.00 | York |
| 80 | Commnity Action Strategy for Traffic | Rufforth with Knapton Parish Council | £3,823.96 | York |
| 81 | Pedestrian Crossing | Elvington Parish Council | £5,600.00 | York |
| TOTAL | £355,228.36 | |||
| TOTAL ROAD SAFETY FUNDING EXPENDITURE | £190,085 | |||
| TOTAL GRANT UNDERSPEND FUNDING EXPENDITURE | £165, 143.56 | |||
All grant monies awarded are subject to ongoing monitoring arrangements, and any changes to the way the grant is to be used must be discussed and agreed with the Commissioning & Partnerships Manager on behalf of the Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner. All successful applicants are required to evidence how the money has been spent, and the Commissioner may request to visit the project supported by the Road Safety grant.
Decision Record
Julia Mulligan
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire
Statutory Officer Advice
Legal, Management and Equality Implications
Having read this Decision Notice in draft and having considered such information as has been provided at the time of being asked to express this view, the Interim Chief Executive & Monitoring Officer is satisfied that this Decision Notice does not ask the Commissioner to make a decision which would (or would be likely to) give rise to a contravention of the law.
Financial and Commercial
The Commissioner’s Chief Finance Officer and S151 Officer is content that the additional funding required to support the projects within this decision record form, that is in excess of the funds available from the sale of ‘AJ1’, is available from other budgets available to the PFCC and therefore the funding to support all of these projects is affordable
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