Since the 1st April 2000 there has been no revenue budget specifically allocated for pedestrian crossing facilities. Sites with 3 or more pedestrian injury accidents during the most recent three year period may justify the provision of a pedestrian crossing facility being funded from the Accident Remedial Budget.
All requests for pedestrian crossings will be considered in accordance with the adopted assessment method for pedestrian crossing facilities. To justify the provision of either a Puffin, Pelican or Zebra crossing the weighted pv*2 value of the site should be 0.3x10*8 or above. Details of the assessment method are available on request from Box No ET1019 Shire Hall, Cambridge, CB3 0AP.
Where a crossing is considered appropriate but crossing flows are relatively low and the 85th%tile speeds of approaching vehicles are below 35mph, a Zebra crossing may be appropriate. More detailed information regarding the choice of an appropriate type of crossing facility is found in the DTLR publication Local Transport Note 1/95 "The Assessment of Pedestrian Crossings".
Funding for pedestrian crossings may be considered from the following budgets and programmes
a) Accident reduction revenue budget
b) Jointly Funded Minor Highway Improvements;
c) Safer Routes to School, or
d) Capital Programme (when traffic signals are introduced or upgraded as part of schemes in the capital programme.)
e) Market town transport strategies
The provision of developer funded pedestrian crossing facilities will be sought at locations justified in accordance with the adopted assessment method.