£2M reward for local authorities’ efforts to reduce accident rates

12 March 2008

Sixteen local authorities are to receive £2M of extra funding in recognition of road safety efforts.

The Road Safety Partnership grants have been awarded to Dorset, Devon, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, West Sussex, Cheshire, Manchester, Liverpool, Wigan, Sheffield, York, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Luton, and the London boroughs of Richmond and Haringey.

Road safety minister, Jim Fitzpatrick, said: ‘We already give local authorities £110M each year to spend on road safety but this extra investment will support additional projects.’ Liverpool City Council won £36,390 for its pedestrian safety project, which involves changing traffic signals to improve road safety.

Cllr Mike Storey, executive member for regeneration, said: ‘We have identified a particular problem affecting young people at road junctions and we believe some changes to the signalling system will help reduce the number of casualties.’

Elsewhere, West Sussex County Council was awarded £156,000 for its driving for work scheme, and Milton Keynes £155,000 for its Road Safety Market Analysis and Segmentation Tools (MAST) programme.

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