sandringham road cycle lanes Balby

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Dear Doncaster Borough Council,

Please answer the following questions in respect of the recently constructed cycle lanes on Sandringham Road, Balby.

What was the total cost.
Was a cost benefit analysis prepared before construction.
Did Doncaster Council receive funding for this cycle lane.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Lewis

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Hi Paul

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

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Sophie Ormshaw

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Dear Freedom of Information Requests,

my error above - Sandford Road not Sandringham Road

Yours sincerely,

Paul Lewis

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Hi Paul

Thank you for letting me know. I will update your request.

Kind regards
Sophie

Sophie Ormshaw

Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Civic Office (Floor 2)
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU

Phone: 01302 735326
E-mail: [email address]
Web: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/

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Dear Paul,

Thank you for your request dated 15th May.

Unfortunately insufficient information has been provided in order for the Council to locate the information you have requested.

In order for us to consider your request please can you provide further details regarding the information you specifically require. Please can you clarify, you have requested information regarding recently constructed cycle lanes on Sandringham Road, Balby. Can I check, do you mean Sandford Road, Balby?

As soon as the Council receives the above requested clarification your request will be processed and responded to accordingly and in line with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, within 20 working days.

Please note, if we do not receive a reply within 2 months of this request for further clarification no further action will be taken and your request for information will be withdrawn.

Yours sincerely

Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

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Dear Paul,

Apologies, I have just seen your email that you clarified your request.

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 15th May. Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.

Please answer the following questions in respect of the recently constructed cycle lanes on Sandford Road, Balby.

What was the total cost.

Total cost of works on Sandford Road totalled £2,000,000

Was a cost benefit analysis prepared before construction.

Yes

Did Doncaster Council receive funding for this cycle lane.

Yes the scheme is 100% grant funded via the Transforming Cities Fund

I hope that this information is useful to you.

City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £46 to respond to this request for information.

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Yours sincerely,

Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

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thanks for the reply

Can I have a copy of the cost benefit analysis

Yours sincerely,

Paul Lewis

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Hi Paul

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 21st June 2024

Yours sincerely,
Sophie

Sophie Ormshaw

Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council
Civic Office (Floor 2)
Waterdale
Doncaster
DN1 3BU

Phone: 01302 735326
E-mail: [email address]
Web: http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/

Please treat the content of this e-mail as confidential. If you have received this e-mail and it is not addressed to you please accept my apologies and inform me as soon as possible.

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Dear Paul,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 23 May 2024 for
information about the cost benefit analysis for cycle lanes on Sandford
Road, Balby. Please find below City of Doncaster Council’s responses to
the questions you have raised.

Request

In respect of the recently constructed cycle lanes on Sandford Road,
Balby, can I have a copy of the cost benefit analysis

Response

Analysis of Monetised Costs and Benefits (in
£'000s)   Benefits by type:  
Congestion benefit 171.33     Mode shift 185.77 3.8%
Infrastructure maintenance 0.52     Health 2160.66 43.7%
Journey
Accident 15.50     quality 2595.55 52.5%
Local air quality 2.55          
Noise 1.03          
Greenhouse gases 3.77          
Reduced risk of premature
death 1889.20          
Absenteeism 271.47          
Journey ambience 2595.55          
                 
Indirect taxation -8.93          
Government costs 1524.41          
Private contribution 0.00          
                 
PVB 4941.47          
PVC 1523.89          
                 
BCR 3.24          

I hope that this information is useful to you.

The City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £46 to respond to
this request for information.

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Ellen Dook

Information Governance Officer

Corporate Resources

City of Doncaster Council

Address  Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU

Website   www.doncaster.gov.uk

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Dear Freedom of Information Requests,

thanks

Are you able to give me the costs in monetary amounts and the benefits in monetary amounts where applicable

Yours sincerely,

Paul Lewis

Dear Freedom of Information Requests,

And also an explanation of how any estimates were arrived at for any costs and benefits stated

Yours sincerely,

Paul Lewis

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Dear Paul,

The cost and benefit analysis is in £'000s. In our response dated 22 May to your request reference 68592 the monetary cost was provided, therefore you have received all this information.

Many thanks
Ellen Dook

Information Governance Officer
Corporate Resources
City of Doncaster Council

Address  Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Website   www.doncaster.gov.uk

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Dear Freedom of Information Requests,

I would like to see the workings and assumptions made for the figures given. That has not been provided. It should be in the full cost benefit analysis.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Lewis

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

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Hi Paul

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information as attached.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who
will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a
response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and
in any case by the 4^th July 2024 

Yours sincerely,

Sophie

Sophie Ormshaw

Information Governance Officer

Information Governance Team

Corporate Resources

City of Doncaster Council

Civic Office (Floor 2)

Waterdale

Doncaster

DN1 3BU

Phone: 01302 735326

E-mail: [1][email address]

Web: [2]http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/

Please treat the content of this e-mail as confidential. If you have
received this e-mail and it is not addressed to you please accept my
apologies and inform me as soon as possible.

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Dear Paul,

Thank you for your Freedom of Information request dated 6^th June for
information about costs for Sandford road Cycle lane. Please find below
City of Doncaster Council’s responses to the questions you have raised.

Links to FOI 68620

And also an explanation of how any estimates were arrived at for any costs
and benefits stated

I would like to see the workings and assumptions made for the figures
given. That has not been provided. It should be in the full cost benefit
analysis.

Cost estimates for the scheme was provided by a Senior Engineer within the
Highway Design team using pricing from 2022/23 when scheme was in
development. Alongside this a 20% risk allocation was included to mitigate
any on site issues and inflationary costs. 

Workings and assumptions can be found in the attached Active Mode
Appraisal Tool (AMAT). The AMAT is a spreadsheet-based tool published by
the Department for Transport (DfT) for assessing the overall benefits and
costs of proposed walking and cycling interventions, ranging from capital
investments to behaviour change programmes.  AMAT is designed to be
consistent with UK Government guidance on policy appraisal including the
HM Treasury Green Book and Department for Transport, Transport Analysis
Guidance (TAG). By quantifying the key impacts of a proposed intervention,
AMAT helps provide decision-makers with as full a view as possible about
impacts on transport users, the environment, society and the economy. AMAT
also provides a measure of the ‘Value for Money’ of a proposed
intervention, in the form of a benefit-cost ratio (BCR)

Uplifts within the AMAT were used following the Sustrans economic toolkit
with guidance followed for a mix of on and off-road cycling interventions
and pedestrian interventions.

I hope that this information is useful to you.

City of Doncaster Council estimates that it has cost £92 to respond to
this request for information.

Reviewing any decisions made:

If you are not happy with this reply you can ask us to review our
response. To do this write to us within 40 working days of receiving your
response at the address below or email [1][email address

 

If you do not agree with the review decision you can apply to the
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a decision about our
compliance or otherwise with the Freedom of Information legislation.
Contact details for the ICO are: Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF. [2]www.ico.org.uk Telephone 0303 123 1113. 

Yours sincerely,

Craig Miller

Information Governance Officer

Information Governance Team

Corporate Resources

City of Doncaster Council

Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU Website
[3]www.doncaster.gov.uk

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it is not addressed to you please accept my apologies and inform me as
soon as possible.

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