Improvements will now be made to roads from the Isle of Wight to Newcastle to help prevent fatal and serious injuries.
The programme involves targeted minor works such as re-designing junctions and improving signage and road markings.
The 27 schemes receiving funding from the Safer Roads Fund 3 are:
| Road | Local authority | Funding |
|---|---|---|
| A586 | Blackpool Council | £1,000,000 |
| A35 | Bournemouth Borough Council | £1,890,625 |
| A2010 | Brighton and Hove City Council | £600,000 |
| A52 | Derby City | £475,000 |
| A104 | Essex County Council | £1,360,000 |
| A35 | Hampshire County Council | £6,040,000 |
| A5183 | Hertfordshire County Council | £1,800,000 |
| A165 | Hull City Council | £2,990,625 |
| A3056 | Isle of Wight Council | £2,140,000 |
| A5105 | Lancashire County Council | £920,000 |
| A5038 | Liverpool City Council | £859,375 |
| A186 | Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council | £3,650,000 |
| A6130 | Nottingham City Council | £950,000 |
| A609 | Nottingham City Council | £475,000 |
| A4158 | Oxfordshire County Council | £800,000 |
| A4165 | Oxfordshire County Council | £875,000 |
| A2047 | Portsmouth City Council | £1,300,000 |
| A6022 | Rotherham Metro. Borough Council | £750,000 |
| A6042 | Salford City Council | £743,750 |
| A4030 | Sandwell Metro. Borough Council | £750,000 |
| A625 | Sheffield City Council | £1,425,000 |
| A3025 | Southampton City Council | £875,000 |
| A13 | Southend-on-Sea Council | £3,425,000 |
| A1156 | Suffolk County Council | £1,275,000 |
| A25 | Surrey County Council | £1,800,000 |
| A439 | Warwickshire County Council | £1,320,000 |
| A3102 | Wiltshire Council | £6,980,000 |
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said: “We’re injecting £47.5m so that local councils around the country have the support they need to keep everyone safe, while reducing congestion and emissions and supporting local economies.
To date, £100m has been provided through the programme to improve the 50 most dangerous roads in England, the majority of which are rural roads.
The previous rounds of the Safer Roads Fund programme focused on treating the 50 highest-risk local ‘A road’ sections in England with enhanced road safety engineering interventions. The scheme is set to prevent around 1,450 fatal and serious injuries over the next 20 years.
