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WQ.386/2019
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE BY DEPUTY R.J. WARD OF ST. HELIER
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2019
Question
Further to the response to Written Question 290/2019, in which it was stated that income from Liberty Bus returns to the Government of Jersey "is paid into the revenue budget of the Transport Planning section, which is responsible for the States' Sustainable Transport Policy" and that public transport projects funded as a result "include infrastructure projects such as the installation of waiting shelters at bus stops, improvements to walking routes, and the provision of additional pedestrian crossing facilities", will the Minister list any such projects that have been completed since May 2018 and state the cost of each one?
Answer
A full list is difficult to provide, as many individual projects within the infrastructure capital programme span more than one financial year and the income from the bus operating contract profit share arrangement serves as additional funding to existing allocations. However, as an indication of the initiatives which have improved access to and from bus stops that this money has helped deliver, the Deputy may find the following of interest:-
- Longueville Road Pedestrian Crossings: £270,000
- Janvrin Road Zebra Crossing: £50,000
- Beach Road (Gorey) Zebra Crossing: £107,000
- Bus Station Pavement Widening: £115,000
- Rouge Bouillon (Clarendon Road) Pavement Widening: £23,000
- Gorey Common pedestrian refuge island: £24,000
- Route du Fort pedestrian refuge island: £23,000
Plus a further batch of waiting shelters for six bus stops is expected to be delivered over winter 2019-2020, with an expected out-turn cost of £150,000 and located at the following sites:-
- Clarke Avenue, for service 19
- Route de St Aubin, westbound at Coronation Park for services 8, 9, 12, 12A, 15, 22, 28 and Les Quennevais school bus 45
- Bagatelle Road, southbound at Bon Air Lane and at Bagatelle Lane for service 3
- Mont Millais, southbound at Hautmont Estate for service 3
- Salisbury Crescent, outside St Helier Grande Marche, for services 4, 13, 21, 23
All of the above schemes are serving to improve the accessibility of the island's bus route network by enhancing the provision of safe walking routes to and from key bus stops.