The HS2 Road Safety Fund

The government has made funding available to address issues that have been created or made worse by the construction of High Speed 2 (HS2).

Buckinghamshire has an HS2 Road Safety Fund of £3.95 million, which is being allocated in a series of tranches. The first two tranches were released in 2021 and 2022.

The funding is intended to contribute towards the costs of road safety schemes which will have a lasting benefit for road users and communities.

View a map showing details of the HS2 road safety fund schemes.

In 2021, £1 million was made available for the first tranche of funding.

We received 35 applications for road safety schemes with an estimated total cost in excess of £4 million.

We have now approved and delivered 17 schemes which will contribute to a long term legacy of safer roads.

The following road safety schemes have been delivered by Buckinghamshire Council:

• Speed Indicator Devices for use at Westcott, Quainton and Waddesdon
• improved visibility of School Hill/Werner Terrace junction at Charndon
• white edge marking to various stretches of the A4010
• improved visibility of Bradenham Wood Lane junction with the A4010
• traffic calming measures on the A4010 at Bradenham and improved warnings/visibility of the Chiltern Rail bridge
• traffic calming measures on the A4010 at Saunderton
• installation of high kerbing to prevent parking outside Esso and BP/M&S petrol stations on the A40 at Denham
• traffic calming measures at the entrances to Water Stratford
• parking restrictions around bus stops on Brackley Lane at Calvert
• a footpath between Gaydon and the Fremantle Nursing Home at Ellesborough
• a puffin crossing at Westbury
• an upgrade of the existing crossing outside Stoke Mandeville Combined School, to improve visibility and cater for cyclists
• a pedestrian crossing outside Hyde Heath Infant School

£1.6 million was made available for the second tranche of funding in 2022 and applications for a further 39 road safety schemes with an estimated collective cost in excess of £6.75 million were submitted.

We have now approved and delivered 12 schemes which will contribute to a long term legacy of safer roads.

The following road safety schemes have been delivered by Buckinghamshire Council:

• Speed Indicator Device (SID) for use on A418 Oxford Road at Stone
• Sentinel device and SID posts at Quainton
• 2 Speed Indicator Devices for use on Edgcott Road, Grendon Underwood
• 2 Speed Indicator Devices for use at Steeple Claydon
• traffic calming measures on School Hill
• widening of bell mouth at School Hill/Perry Hill junction, Charndon
• traffic calming measures at Gawcott
• new puffin crossing on A418 opposite Church Street at Wing
• a footpath along the A355 between Ledborough Land and Longbottom Lane at Beaconsfield
• traffic calming measures on the A4129 at Kingsey
• a zebra crossing at Robertswood School, Chalfont St Peter
• raising of existing zebra crossings on Deanway and High Street, Chalfont St Giles

18 new road safety schemes have been approved to move forward to the detailed design and tender stage as part of Tranche 3 of the High Speed 2 (HS2) Road Safety Fund (RSF).

£1 million remains for Tranche 3, which will focus on delivering a greater number of smaller-scale schemes to benefit as many communities as possible.

Following an assessment process by Buckinghamshire Council’s Highways, HS2, and Road Safety teams, 18 out of 24 submitted schemes were approved by the HS2 RSF Project Board earlier this year.

HS2 has now formally approved the funding for these schemes to proceed.

• Edgcott – Vehicle Activated Signs
• Calvert Green – Road Safety Measures
• Grendon Underwood – Pedestrian Crossing Point (Main Street & Edgcott Road)
• Chilton – Public Green Space
• Waddesdon – Parking Restrictions (Baker Street)
• Ashendon – Traffic Calming Measures
• Holmer Green – Village Entry Features
• Rowsham – Road Safety Measures
• Great Missenden – Traffic Calming Measures
• Padbury – Traffic Calming Measures (Main Street)
• Twyford – Pedestrian Safety Measures (C of E School)
• Upper Winchendon – Village Entry Features
• The Lee – Vehicle Activated Signs
• Gawcott – Traffic Calming Measures (Preston Road & Main Street)
• South Heath – Traffic Calming Measures
• Quainton – Traffic Calming Measures
• Steeple Claydon – Traffic Calming Measures
• Chalfont St Giles – Pedestrian Crossing Point (A413 Kings Road)

Detailed design work has begun, with several site surveys already completed. Consultation (if needed) and tendering will then follow, with construction expected to begin from Spring 2026. All schemes are anticipated to be complete by the end of 2026.