Nine highways improvement schemes for Fenland will be discussed by the county council's highways and transport committee next week.

The programme covers all districts in the county, with applicants such as parish or town councils able to apply for funding of up to £25,000 per project.

The schemes are community driven and give local people the opportunity to put forward proposals for highway improvements in their area.

The county council contributes £820,000 towards each round of this initiative, with the rest of the funding being provided by the applicant on a scheme-by-scheme basis. This means more than a £1 million pounds is available per cycle.

Councillors will hear 167 applications were received for the 2024/25 funding round, of which 76 are being suggested to be approved.

Amon the nine in Fenland are:

  • a dropped kerb at Leverington Village Hall
  • tackling speeds by installing speed cushions on Norwood Avenue in March
  • a priority chicane and mobile vehicle activated signs at Friday Bridge Road

Cllr Alex Beckett, chair of the highways and transport committee at Cambridgeshire County Council, said: “Local Highways Improvements are a tool for communities to invest in the issues that are often of great local concern.

“Unfortunately, every year we receive more applications than we have funding for, despite increasing the amount of budget available, so we rely on officers and a cross-party group of members to review and score the applications.

“I look forward to discussing these schemes at committee and if approved, delivering them for our communities across the county to make better, safer and more sustainable journeys.”  

Members of Cambridgeshire County Council’s Highways and Transport Committee will decide whether to approve the proposed schemes at a meeting on October 1.

The papers for the meeting, including a full list of the proposed LHI schemes, can be found on the council’s website. The meeting will be live streamed on the council’s YouTube channel.