The HS2 Road Safety Fund

The government has made funding available to address issues that have been created or made worse by the construction of High Speed 2 (HS2).

Buckinghamshire has an HS2 Road Safety Fund of £3.95 million, which is being allocated in a series of tranches. The first two tranches were released in 2021 and 2022.

The funding is intended to contribute towards the costs of road safety schemes which will have a lasting benefit for road users and communities.

In 2021, £1 million was made available for the first tranche of funding.

We received 35 applications for road safety schemes with an estimated total cost in excess of £4 million.

We have now approved and delivered 17 schemes which will contribute to a long term legacy of safer roads.

The following road safety schemes have been delivered by Buckinghamshire Council:

• Speed Indicator Devices for use at Westcott, Quainton and Waddesdon
• improved visibility of School Hill/Werner Terrace junction at Charndon
• white edge marking to various stretches of the A4010
• improved visibility of Bradenham Wood Lane junction with the A4010
• traffic calming measures on the A4010 at Bradenham and improved warnings/visibility of the Chiltern Rail bridge
• traffic calming measures on the A4010 at Saunderton
• installation of high kerbing to prevent parking outside Esso and BP/M&S petrol stations on the A40 at Denham
• traffic calming measures at the entrances to Water Stratford
• parking restrictions around bus stops on Brackley Lane at Calvert
• a footpath between Gaydon and the Fremantle Nursing Home at Ellesborough
• a puffin crossing at Westbury
• an upgrade of the existing crossing outside Stoke Mandeville Combined School, to improve visibility and cater for cyclists
• a pedestrian crossing outside Hyde Heath Infant School

£1.6 million was made available for the second tranche of funding in 2022 and applications for a further 39 road safety schemes with an estimated collective cost in excess of £6.75 million were submitted.

We have now approved and delivered 12 schemes which will contribute to a long term legacy of safer roads.

The following road safety schemes have been delivered by Buckinghamshire Council:

• Speed Indicator Device (SID) for use on A418 Oxford Road at Stone
• Sentinel device and SID posts at Quainton
• 2 Speed Indicator Devices for use on Edgcott Road, Grendon Underwood
• 2 Speed Indicator Devices for use at Steeple Claydon
• traffic calming measures on School Hill
• widening of bell mouth at School Hill/Perry Hill junction, Charndon
• traffic calming measures at Gawcott
• new puffin crossing on A418 opposite Church Street at Wing
• a footpath along the A355 between Ledborough Land and Longbottom Lane at Beaconsfield
• traffic calming measures on the A4129 at Kingsey
• a zebra crossing at Robertswood School, Chalfont St Peter
• raising of existing zebra crossings on Deanway and High Street, Chalfont St Giles

In order to benefit as many affected communities as possible, and mindful of rising construction costs, this tranche was focused on delivering more, smaller schemes, such as traffic calming measures involving road markings and signage.

In total, applications were made for 24 eligible schemes which would collectively cost an estimated £3 million pounds against an available budget of £1 million for Tranche 3, and therefore only the highest scoring schemes can be taken forward.

18 schemes are being taken forward for further assessment:

• Ashendon vehicle activated sign (VAS)
• Edgcott VAS
• Chilton public green space and playground area
• Baker Street Waddesdon parking restrictions
• Upper Winchendon village entry features
• Rowsham road safety measures
• Twyford Church of England School, pedestrian safety measures
• The Misbourne School, London Road safety measures
• South Heath road safety measures
• Main Street and Edgcott Road Grendon Underwood pedestrian crossing point
• Calvert Green road safety measures
• Holmer Green village entry features and signage
• Main Street Padbury traffic calming measures
• The Lee VAS
• Preston Road/Main Street Gawcott traffic calming measures
• Quainton traffic calming measures
• Addison Road, Steeple Claydon traffic calming measures
• Making the temporary pedestrian island on Kings Road, Chalfont St Giles permanent