A SAM2 sign to slow drivers down.
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Roads are to be made safer in 113 places in Norfolk s towns and villages, thanks to a £715,000 boost.
Signs urging drivers to slow down, traffic calming, new footpaths, crossings, bus shelters and village gateways will be put in place through Norfolk County Council s parish partnership scheme, if councillors agree to the schemes next week.
The parish partnerships initiative, first launched in September 2011, invites communities to bid for cash for improvements.
There were 119 applications for this year s money from town and parish councils, with 113 schemes due to be given the green light.
Traffic on the A10 at West Winch.
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Roads schemes totalling almost £130m are set to be approved for the county, including a £64m connection in west Norfolk.
Members of Norfolk County Council’s cabinet committee are likely to approve a £42m programme of maintenance, 113 small highway schemes costing £715,000 and other improvements totalling £85m on Monday.
Martin Wilby, Norfolk County Council cabinet member for highways, infrastructure and transport.
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The £64m West Winch Housing Access Road aims to put appropriate infrastructure in place before the development of 4,000 new homes in the area.
If approved next week the next step will be for a business case to be submitted to the Department for Transport with the aim of securing £50m Government funding for the route.