School Streets Initiatives
Dear Northumberland County Council,
Please could you tell me:
a) How many School Streets there are currently in your local authority area?
b) How much has been spent on School Streets initiatives in the last three financial years?
c) How many school streets are currently in planning phase (for example, plans have been drawn up or budget has been bid for, for example, via the DfT's Emergency Active Travel Fund)?
For the avoidance of doubt, a School Street is a road outside a school with a temporary restriction on motorised traffic at school drop-off and pick-up times. The restriction applies to school traffic and through traffic. Local authorities have powers to use traffic management orders to turn a road outside a school into a pedestrian and cycle zone.
Yours faithfully,
[Name Removed]
Our Ref: 8313
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Our Ref: 8313
Dear Enquirer,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST
I refer to your Freedom of Information request in relation to school
streets.
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response.
a) How many School Streets there are currently in your local authority
area?
We currently have one permanent School Street in Northumberland.
b) How much has been spent on School Streets initiatives in the last three
financial years?
This financial year we have spent 3460.98, last financial year we spent
approximately £5000 on a trial scheme.
c) How many school streets are currently in planning phase (for example,
plans have been drawn up or budget has been bid for, for example, via the
DfT's Emergency Active Travel Fund)?
We currently have 6 School Streets planned and due to be implemented
before Christmas, which will be paid for by the Council's LTP (Local
Transport Programme).
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Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
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Northumberland
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