Commissioner funds over 30 local safety initiatives to make Northamptonshire’s roads safer

Over 30 road safety initiatives have been funded by Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Danielle Stone’s Road Safety Community Fund.

Since April 2025, more than £100,000 has been awarded to projects across the county that aim to improve road safety for both vehicles and pedestrians.

Five new grants have been awarded to parish councils in the past month to help fund signs that remind drivers of their speed, encouraging them to slow down:

• Nether Heyford received £3,221
• Church with Chapel Brampton was awarded £1,250
• Hargrave secured £5,000
• Brixworth was awarded £4,800
• Little Harrowden received £4,151

Little Harrowden was awarded the grant to fund their community speed monitoring initiative. The grant will pay for a new vehicle activated sign (VAS) that will allow to parish to gain data to make a case for a speed limit reduction in the parish.

Little Harrowden Parish Council said: “With traffic through Little Harrowden increasing as a result of surrounding developments and drivers using the village as a through-route, we are extremely grateful to have secured this vital funding.

“The new mobile speed sign will give us a vital tool to protect our residents, schoolchildren and vulnerable road users, helping to keep our community safer now and into the future.”

https://northantspfcc.org.uk/commissioner-funds-over-30-local-safety-initiatives-to-make-northamptonshires-roads-safer/