Community Focused Road Safety Schemes

In February 2022, Councillor Claire Dowling approved the re-allocation of £750,000 from the current Community Match underspend. This funding will be spent to deliver community focused road safety interventions.  A copy of the report can be found at Agenda for Lead Member for Transport and Environment on Monday, 21st February, 2022, 10.00 am

All road safety concerns are assessed against the relevant criteria. A two-stage appraisal process has been approved for community focused interventions.

The Road Safety Team have assessed a high number of concerns from across the county. These concerns and potential interventions have been prioritised using the agreed criteria. As a result, we have identified a priority list of ten schemes across the county.

Road name and parish	Safety concern	Summary of the scheme
C19 Bodiam Road (also known as main road), Bodiam	Concern raised about speeding	The scheme will highlight the presence of Bodiam CE primary school to encourage appropriate approach speeds, to improve safety for pedestrians.
B2204 The Green, Catsfield	Concern raised about safety at the crossing	The scheme will improve forward visibility to the pedestrian crossing to encourage appropriate approach speeds, to improve safety for pedestrians crossing.
Spithurst Road, Barcombe Mills Road and High Street, Barcombe	Concern raised about speeding	The scheme will highlight the change in speed limits to encourage compliance and safe speeds through the village.
Church Road, Crowborough	Concern raised about safety of vulnerable road users	The scheme will improve user understanding for partially sighted pedestrians to encourage crossing at designated points.
B2082 Iden High Street, Iden	Concern raised about speeding	The scheme will raise driver awareness of the speed limit to encourage compliance and safe speeds through the village.
School Lane and A275, Danehill	Concern raised about the safety of school children	The scheme will raise driver awareness of the presence of the school and encourage lower speeds.
Hillside Avenue and Walmer Road, Seaford	Concern raised about the safety of school children	The scheme will raise driver awareness of the presence of the school and encourage lower speeds.
Bodle Street Green, Warbleton	Concern raised about speeding	The scheme will highlight the change in speed limits to encourage compliance and safe speeds through the village.
Towerscroft Avenue, Hastings	Concern raised about safety of vulnerable road users	The scheme will improve safety for visually impaired, wheelchair, mobility scooter and pushchair users.
Bethune Way, Hastings	Concern raised about the safety of pedestrians crossing	The scheme will improve safety for pedestrians crossing from Queens Road travelling towards Alexandra Park (restricted visibility due to railway bridge and raised walkway)

We are working with our contractors to deliver the above improvements this financial year (by the end of April 2023).

We will carry out monitoring at these locations, to understand what works well. This will better inform our work going forward.

The Road Safety Team will assess requests for next years' programme as they receive them. During April, we will identify schemes for the 2023/24 financial year.