Ashendon set to benefit from Road Safety Enhancements
Thanks to the continued efforts of the Parish Council and the Ashendon Traffic Safety Team, led by Richard Phillips, and with the support of Buckinghamshire Council's Road Safety Team, Ashendon is set to benefit from important new road safety improvements. These measures are aimed at making the village a safer place to live, work and travel through, and form part of a wider programme of projects funded through the HS2 Road Safety Fund.
Residents in communities most affected by HS2 construction are set to benefit from 18 new road safety improvement schemes across Buckinghamshire.
The projects will make it safer and easier for people to travel around their local area through a range of improvements, including new pedestrian crossings, traffic calming measures, improved pavements, clearer signage and parking restrictions.
Ashendon's scheme includes a new mains-operated speed indication device and enhanced road markings, helping to improve driver awareness and encourage safer speeds through the village. These improvements form part of £1.3 million of funding from the third phase of the HS2 Road Safety Fund, which has been allocated to help address the impacts of increased traffic associated with HS2 construction activity.
Following the completion of design work, surveys, consultation and procurement, work has now begun on the schemes. It is hoped that the Ashendon improvements will be completed by mid-December, with most of the projects across Buckinghamshire expected to be finished by spring 2027.
The new schemes are:
- Edgcott – traffic calming signs and road markings.
- Calvert Green – a traffic island and bridleway surfacing improvements.
- Grendon Underwood – traffic calming measures.
- Chilton – footway access improvements.
- Baker Street, Waddesdon – parking restrictions.
- Ashendon – traffic calming signs and road markings.
- Holmer Green – village gateway features and signage.
- Rowsham – footway improvements and lighting.
- London Road, Great Missenden – footway improvements, signage and road markings.
- Main Street, Padbury – traffic calming measures.
- Twyford CofE School frontage – footway improvements.
- Upper Winchendon – village entry features.
- The Lee – traffic calming signs and road markings.
- Preston Road/Main Street, Gawcott – traffic calming measures.
- South Heath – village gateway features and signage.
- Station Road, Quainton – traffic calming measures and parking restrictions.
- Addison Road, Steeple Claydon – traffic calming measures.
- A413 Kings Road, Chalfont St Giles – removal of an informal pedestrian crossing point.
Residents can find the full list of HS2-funded road safety schemes on the council's website
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