Other local transport schemes

What improvements are planned for the A164/B1232 junction at Willerby?

We are proposing to improve the congested junction of the A164 and B1232 near Willerby.

The scheme involves enlarging the existing roundabout and installing new traffic lights. This will allow traffic on both A164 westbound approach lanes to go straight ahead and traffic on both northbound approach lanes from Willerby, which is presently the most congested approach, to turn right. Overall traffic capacity of the junction is expected to increase by around 30 per cent as a result of the scheme.

More details on the scheme are provided in the following drawings and information sheets:

A164/B1232 Willerby roundabout - current and proposed layout (pdf 950kb)

A164/B1232 Willerby roundabout - approach roads layout (pdf 4.3mb)

A164/B1232 Willerby roundabout - need for the project (pdf 226kb)

A164/B1232 Willerby roundabout - project FAQ (pdf 329kb)

A public exhibition took place at Lazaat Hotel on Wednesday 25 August 2021 where residents had the opportunity to discuss the scheme with officers. Enquiries and comments can also be emailed to: e1228willerbyroundabout@eastriding.gov.uk.

What is the Active Travel Fund?

The Covid-19 pandemic and the need to social distance, especially on public transport, has led to the Government encouraging and supporting travelling on foot or by bike, particularly for essential journeys including commuting, education and amenity journeys.

As a result the Government announced its new Emergency Active Travel Fund in May 2020 and invited local authorities to bid for the first stage of funding.

We were successful in gaining £123,000 of this funding in June 2020 to spend on promoting walking and cycling specifically as alternatives to public transport. Using this funding, our East Riding Safer Spaces programme includes a number of schemes which have already been completed:

• Improving pedestrian and cycling routes to the key services area of Castle Hill Hospital in Cottingham
• Improving existing footways and cycleways along main bus routes to restore them to their original widths
• Additional cycle parking

In July 2020, we were invited to bid for a second stage of funding from the Active Travel Fund and it was announced in November 2020 that we were successful in gaining a further £467,400 of funds.

The second stage of funding is focussed on our East Riding Safer Spaces programme and includes the following areas:

Partial pedestrianisation of part of Saturday Market, Beverley

This scheme is aimed at creating additional space for pedestrians and cyclists, providing space for outside seating to help businesses, encouraging more trips by foot or bike into the town centre and helping social distances during the pandemic.

The scheme also supports local high street businesses by providing opportunities to create seated outdoor space for adjacent retail outlets. This provides a safe and attractive environment for people to enjoy, increasing dwell time of people using the town centre and allowing more space for social distancing.

The idea was put forward for funding following positive feedback to initial consultation carried out in summer 2020 including businesses in Saturday Market, ward councillors, Beverley Town Council and the Civic Society.

The scheme was introduced in May 2021 as a trial with the option to make it permanent in the future.

Planters have been used to physically restrict traffic into the trial pedestrian area and an experimental Traffic Regulation Order put in place for up to 18 months. This allowed the trial to be installed with the public being able to comment whilst the trial is in place and allowed monitoring whilst it was operating during all seasons of the year.

Public consultation on the trial was undertaken in November 2021 and, based on the feedback received, there was an overall majority support to keep a pedestrian area in Saturday Market.

To take account of suggestions and specific concerns raised during the consultation, it is proposed to trial  potential revised layout for the pedestrian area from November 2022 which provides the best balance between:

• retaining as much of the pedestrian area space as possible
• maximising car parking spaces and
• providing a full circulation lane around the car park to help with safety concerns. 

We are currently seeking views on potential ways forward for the scheme from stakeholders, businesses and residents directly affected by the scheme who reside in the vicinity of Saturday Market. If you would like to see more details and/or comment on the consultation please follow the link below. A decision on the next steps for the scheme will be made in the autumn of 2022.

Consultation on changes to Saturday Market, Beverley (external council website)

School Streets

Two trial School Street projects were proposed to encourage walking and cycling to school:

School Streets project

Bridlington shared footway/cycleway

A new off-road footway/cycleway is proposed along Marton Road to provide a safer link between residential areas, schools and other amenities in order to encourage cycling and walking.

Improving existing footways and cycleways

Some of the funding has been allocated to improving off-road footways and cycleways alongside public transport routes by widening them out to their original widths to encourage use and provide extra social distancing space.

Cycle Parking

Additional secure cycle parking is proposed at various locations throughout the East Riding.

Consultation Plan

Details of the consultation on all schemes are available:

Active Travel Fund Consultation Plan (pdf 144kb)

What is the National Productivity Investment Fund?

In the 2016 Autumn Statement it was announced that a new National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) will provide an additional £23 billion over the next four years to ensure the UK’s economy is fit for the future. Some of the NPIF will be used to pay for transport improvements to help tackle congestion, maintain highway assets and support economic growth.

Find out more:

How do you fund larger transport schemes?

The role of a Local Transport Plan (LTP) is to develop a number of small-scale transport improvements for the local area that are monitored as part of the  capital investment programme.

There are not sufficient funds available through the LTP to pay for major transport schemes such as new roads, or for large scale packages of improvements. There are a number of different ways in which local transport authorities can bid for funding for these larger schemes.

How do you pay for the maintenance of local roads?

The council receives grant funding for maintaining our local road network. In order to boost our  existing grant funding we submitted a bid for additional funding for maintenance of our 'A' classified roads to the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership in 2015 for which there is a supporting business case:

A Road Maintenance Final Business Case 2016 (pdf 5.1mb)

In February 2016 it was announced that this bid had been successful and as a result we will receive an extra £3.34 million per year for the next five years (2016/17-2020/21) to help maintain our 'A' roads.

How can I find out about the Beverley Integrated Transport Plan?

In December 2011 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that the Beverley Integrated Transport Plan (BITP) had been successful in securing major transport scheme funding from central government. 

The £22 million scheme included a new southern relief road for the town (known as Minster Way) and associated highway improvements and was completed in March 2015. A general information leaflet is available to view: 

BITP information leaflet (pdf 3mb)

As part of the conditions of the BITP funding we have developed a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan (MEP) to monitor the BITP scheme objectives and outcomes. We reported on these to the Department of Transport one year after the scheme opened and there will be another report five years from opening. The information collected as part of the MEP will help us understand the impacts of the BITP and the way traffic travels around Beverley.

BITP Monitoring and Evaluation Report (MEP) (pdf 928kb)

BITP Monitoring and Evaluation Report (MEP) appendices (pdf 10mb)

What is the Challenge Fund?

The Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund reflects the government's strong commitment to ensure that we have well maintained local highway infrastructure fit for the 21st century. It was first announced in the 2014 Autumn Statement.

The purpose of the fund is to enable local highway authorities in England to bid for major maintenance projects that are otherwise difficult to deliver through the usual formula funding allocations they receive from government. Funding is awarded through a competitive bidding process and all English local highway authorities outside London are invited to bid to the fund.

We submitted a bid to the Challenge Fund in February 2015:

Challenge Fund application form (pdf 98kb)

In March 2015 the Department of Transport announced that the council was one of only 28 local authorities in England to be successful with their Challenge Fund bids through this round of applications.

In October 2019 we submitted another bid to the Challenge Fund, this time based around repairs and replacements to highway gullies:

DfT Highways Maintenance Fund Tranche 2B Application Form - East Riding (pdf 106kb)

In March 2020 it was announced that our bid had been successful, and works to repair and replace highway gullies started in summer 2020.

What cycle facility improvements are there for between Cottingham and Hull?

Cycle facility improvements installed between Cottingham and Hull

We have been successful in gaining funding through a joint bid with Hull City Council for improvements to cycle routes between Hull and Cottingham and between Hull and Beverley. This project has been supported with £500,000 from the Government's Getting Building Fund, secured by the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire's Local Enterprise Partnership as part of the Government's commitment to the Northern Powerhouse.

The acquired funding has already been used to create an additional section of off-road shared cycle/footway alongside the A1079 Beverley Road to complete the Beverley to Hull route within the East Riding area.

Also, a range of improvements have been installed between Hull and Cottingham along Bricknell Avenue and Hull Road including:

• extra protection for on-road cyclists along Bricknell Avenue using upright 'wands' to offer light segregation, alongside retaining all kerbside parking
• new sections of off-road shared cycle/footways
• a new Toucan crossing on Hull Road linking the facilities
• widening of existing cycle lanes on Hull Road alongside safety improvements to the islands

 The scheme aims to support local people cycling between Cottingham and Hull for commuting, travelling to school and accessing other amenities in the area. The improvements offer further cycle convenience, safety and route choice.

Details of the facilities installed are:

Proposals to improve cycle facilities between Hull and Cottingham, Hull Road, Bricknell Avenue and Thwaite Street (pdf 483kb)

C2553 Hull Road, Bricknell Avenue cycle route (pdf 2.1mb)

Bricknell Avenue example road markings (jpg 75kb)

The measures are part of a joint cycle project with Hull City Council. Details of plans within the Hull city area can be viewed on their website:

Hull City Council (external website)