Over £350,000 to improve road safety in dozens of communities across North Yorkshire and York
Julia Mulligan decided, along with North Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Lisa Winward, that the AJ1 mark was better invested in supporting communities and it was sold commercially at auction in 2019.
Part of the money raised invested in improving the Memorial Garden at North Yorkshire Police headquarters and the remainder put into the new, one-off AJ1 Fund.
Communities, Parish and Town Councils were invited to put forward projects which focused on improving road safety for children and young people, cyclists, motorcyclists and older road users. There was huge demand with applications exceeding by four-times the amount available.
The panel have now awarded the £190,000 from the AJ1 Fund, and – due to the demand and standard of the bids – an additional £165,000 from other community funds was added meaning that £355,228.36 is to be invested in projects including:
- £20,000 for the Glaisdale Footpath Project on the North Yorkshire Moors
- £20,000 for road safety around Woodfield School in Harrogate
- £11,066 for the Newby Wiske, Otteringtons and Maunby Road Safety Group
- £9,320 for the Richmondshire Area Motorcyle Project
- £8,940 for York Advanced Drivers to improve driving standards among parents and guardians
- £8,750 for the Cononley Village Gateways Project
- £7,500 for the Towton Road Safety Project near Tadcaster
A full list of the projects can be seen at https://www.northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk/AJ1 where progress on the schemes will also be updated regularly.
The one-off assessment process for the bids included checks with North Yorkshire County Council’s Highways and Transportation Department to ensure viability, consultation with County Councillors and a panel making final decisions made up of representatives of the 95 Alive Partnership, including the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner; North Yorkshire Police; North Yorkshire County Council; City of York Council; and Highways England.
North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan said:
“A third of a million pounds for road safety across North Yorkshire and York will make a huge difference to many communities and I look forward to seeing the impact of these 81 projects in the years ahead.
“Although the AJ1 numberplate will always have a historical connection to North Yorkshire Police, the impact these schemes will have confirms why it was right to use the value of the registration mark to make a real impact on people’s lives.
“These projects will improve lives – and I am sure they will also save lives – by making our roads and the communities they pass through safer for people however they use them.”
£355,228.36 has been awarded to 81 projects:
| 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 | |||
Read the Decision Notice 06/2021 – AJ1 Project Road Safety Fund