Traffic Signal Obsolescence Grant and Green Light Fund allocations
Published 20 March 2024
Applies to England
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In October 2023, the government’s Plan for drivers announced various measures to fund traffic management systems maintenance and upgrading by local authorities, including the:
- Traffic Signal Obsolescence Grant (TSOG) – a £30 million fund to upgrade traffic signal systems, replacing unreliable and obsolete equipment to improve reliability
- Green Light Fund (GLF) – a £20 million fund to tune up traffic signals to better reflect current traffic conditions and get traffic flowing
Funding for these measures totals £50 million, of which £10 million of TSOG will be distributed automatically to all eligible English local highway authorities using the Integrated Transport Block allocation grant formula. The remaining £20 million of TSOG and the £20 million GLF will be awarded, in March 2024, to combined authorities and local highway authorities following a competition process held in autumn 2023. The table below shows the total funding to be allocated to eligible authorities following the competition process.
The challenge application process for bids was open between October and December 2023 and attracted 103 bids, covering 118 of the 121 eligible English authority areas.
A total of 100 grants will be paid, 67 authorities will receive funding from both the £10 million automatic element of TSOG and £40 million available for the TSOG and GLF challenge elements, which is being awarded in £500,000 lots following scoring and ranking. This comprises 65 single-area bids from individual highway authorities and 2 consolidated bids from combined authorities.
A further 23 authorities that have not qualified for the challenge element of the funding will receive a share of the £10 million automatic TSOG fund only.
Table 1: TSOG and GLF allocations for combined authorities and local highway authorities
| Authority | Total grant | Total from the TSOG fund | Total from the GLF fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset Council | £45,070.36 | £45,070.36 | - |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council | £619,283.37 | £119,283.37 | £500,000.00 |
| Bedford Council | £544,682.82 | £544,682.82 | - |
| Blackburn with Darwen Council | £555,185.03 | £555,185.03 | - |
| Blackpool Council | £566,656.07 | £66,656.07 | £500,000.00 |
| Bracknell Forest Council | £527,902.54 | £27,902.54 | £500,000.00 |
| Brighton and Hove City Council | £118,547.05 | £118,547.05 | - |
| Bristol Council | £606,300.94 | £606,300.94 | - |
| Buckinghamshire County Council | £87,466.72 | £87,466.72 | - |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | £623,623.77 | £123,623.77 | £ 500,000.00 |
| Central Bedfordshire Council | £552,898.57 | £552,898.57 | - |
| Cheshire East Council | £577,003.27 | £577,003.27 | - |
| Cheshire West and Chester Council | £575,724.40 | £575,724.40 | - |
| City of Stoke-on-Trent Council | £64,563.38 | £64,563.38 | - |
| City of York Council | £560,843.04 | £60,843.04 | £500,000.00 |
| Cornwall Council | £159,083.25 | £159,083.25 | - |
| Coventry City Council | £500,000.00 | - | £500,000.00 |
| Cumberland Council | £49,720.78 | £49,720.78 | - |
| Darlington Borough Council | £34,335.63 | £34,335.63 | - |
| Derby City Council | £570,182.65 | £70,182.65 | £500,000.00 |
| Derbyshire County Council | £641,217.87 | £141,217.87 | £500,000.00 |
| Devon County Council | £639,551.47 | £139,551.47 | £500,000.00 |
| Dorset Council | £576,383.21 | £76,383.21 | £500,000.00 |
| Durham County Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | £563,555.79 | £563,555.79 | - |
| East Sussex County Council | £613,121.56 | £113,121.56 | £500,000.00 |
| Essex County Council | £743,178.41 | £243,178.41 | £500,000.00 |
| Gloucestershire County Council | £610,873.85 | £610,873.85 | - |
| Hampshire County Council | £205,238.70 | £205,238.70 | - |
| Hartlepool Borough Council | £27,863.79 | £27,863.79 | - |
| Herefordshire County Council | £541,427.53 | £41,427.53 | £500,000.00 |
| Hertfordshire County Council | £677,026.13 | £677,026.13 | - |
| Hull City Council | £554,952.51 | £54,952.51 | £500,000.00 |
| Isle of Wight Council | £265,887.98 | £265,887.98 | - |
| Kent county council | £86,420.38 | £86,420.38 | - |
| Kirklees Council | £500,000.00 | - | £500,000.00 |
| Lancashire County Council | £234,613.88 | £234,613.88 | - |
| Leeds City Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Leicester City Council | £599,054.03 | £99,054.03 | £500,000.00 |
| Leicestershire County Council | £605,719.63 | £105,719.63 | £500,000.00 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | £628,351.70 | £128,351.70 | £500,000.00 |
| Liverpool City Region Combined Authority | £390,209.31 | £390,209.31 | - |
| Luton Borough Council | £556,463.90 | £ 556,463.90 | - |
| Medway Council | £561,579.36 | £561,579.36 | - |
| Middlesbrough Borough Council | £40,962.48 | £40,962.48 | - |
| Milton Keynes City Council | £559,176.64 | £559,176.64 | - |
| Norfolk County Council | £660,478.37 | £160,478.37 | £500,000.00 |
| North East Combined Authority (NECA) | £540,573.01 | £540,573.01 | - |
| North East Lincolnshire Council | £557,316.47 | £557,316.47 | - |
| North Lincolnshire Council | £44,915.34 | £44,915.34 | - |
| North Northamptonshire Council | £552,859.82 | £552,859.82 | - |
| North Somerset Council | £537,668.43 | £537,668.43 | - |
| North Yorkshire Council | £117,151.93 | £117,151.93 | - |
| Northumberland County Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Nottingham City Council | £631,374.47 | £131,374.47 | £500,000.00 |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | £651,758.83 | £651,758.83 | - |
| Oxfordshire County Council | £642,923.02 | £642,923.02 | - |
| Peterborough City Council | £54,526.22 | £54,526.22 | - |
| Plymouth Council | £75,336.87 | £75,336.87 | - |
| Portsmouth City Council | £571,732.79 | £71,732.79 | £500,000.00 |
| Reading Council | £561,230.58 | £561,230.58 | - |
| Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council | £33,056.76 | £33,056.76 | - |
| Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Rutland Council | £17,749.12 | £17,749.12 | - |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Council | £500,000.00 | - | £500,000.00 |
| Sefton Council | £500,000.00 | - | £500,000.00 |
| South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority (SYMCA) | £326,614.76 | £326,614.76 | - |
| Shropshire Council | £63,013.24 | £63,013.24 | - |
| Slough Borough Council | £552,278.51 | £52,278.51 | £500,000.00 |
| Solihull Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Somerset County Council | £585,606.55 | £585,606.55 | - |
| South Gloucestershire Council | £49,488.26 | £49,488.26 | - |
| Southampton City Council | £582,312.50 | £582,312.50 | - |
| Southend-on-Sea City Council | £554,293.70 | £54,293.70 | £500,000.00 |
| Staffordshire County Council | £132,653.34 | £132,653.34 | - |
| Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | £47,705.60 | £47,705.60 | - |
| Suffolk County Council | £625,793.96 | £625,793.96 | - |
| Sunderland City Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Surrey County Council | £685,396.89 | £185,396.89 | £500,000.00 |
| Swindon Borough Council | £553,402.37 | £553,402.37 | - |
| Tees Valley Combined Authority | £2,500,000.00 | £2,500,000.00 | - |
| Telford and Wrekin Council | £36,389.57 | £36,389.57 | - |
| Thurrock Council | £37,629.68 | £37,629.68 | - |
| Torbay Council | £41,195.00 | £41,195.00 | - |
| Greater Manchester Combined Authority (TfGM) | £5,626,838.37 | £626,838.37 | £5,000,000.00 |
| Wakefield City Metropolitan Borough Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Warrington Borough Council | £557,897.78 | £57,897.78 | £500,000.00 |
| Warwickshire County Council | £602,193.06 | £602,193.06 | - |
| West Berkshire Council | £35,265.71 | £35,265.71 | - |
| West Midlands Combined Authority (TfWM) | £682,759.72 | £682,759.72 | - |
| West Northamptonshire Council | £67,314.88 | £67,314.88 | - |
| West Sussex County Council | £644,705.69 | £144,705.69 | £500,000.00 |
| West Yorkshire Combined Authority | £507,826.28 | £507,826.28 | - |
| Westmorland and Furness Council | £549,720.78 | £549,720.78 | - |
| Wiltshire Council | £584,521.45 | £584,521.45 | - |
| Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | £532,979.26 | £32,979.26 | £500,000.00 |
| Wokingham Borough Council | £528,445.09 | £528,445.09 | - |
| City of Wolverhampton | £500,000.00 | £500,000.00 | - |
| Worcestershire County Council | £593,202.24 | £93,202.24 | £500,000.00 |
| Total | £50,000,000.00 | £30,000,000.00 | £20,000,000.00 |