Case Study
2016/17 Overview of the Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund
We received 79 applications for the Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund (HMCEF) in 2016/17 and approved 41 HMCEF applications enabling £168,005 of works/projects to be delivered. The financial contribution provided by DCC, through the fund, was £95,000.
| Town/Parish council | Overview of works/project |
|---|---|
| Ashprington Parish Council | Equipment for non-safety pothole repairs |
| Bideford Town Council | Equipment – mower and power washer |
| Bishops Clyst | Lengthsman (drainage) |
| Bradford & Cookbury | Equipment hire for ditch clearing |
| Braunton Parish Council | Footway works |
| Bridestowe Parish Council | Lengthsman (drainage) |
| Broadhembury | Lengthsman (drainage) |
| Buckfastleigh Town Council | Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for Road Warden to enable works to take place |
| Clayhidon Parish Council | Tools and equipment |
| Diptford | Lengthsman-type work (drainage) |
| Drewsteignton Parish Council | Repair and replace road signs |
| Dunkeswell | Various works to include hedge cutting, layby extension and drainage |
| East Down | PPE to enable works to be undertaken |
| Great Torrington Bid (2 bids) | New mower, equipment and personal protection equipment |
| Halberton Bid (2 bids) | Ch8 signs and equipment and non-safety pothole material, additional strimmer |
| High Bickington | Drain laying |
| Ideford Parish Council | PPE and equipment |
| Ipplepen Parish Council | PPE for 6 volunteers |
| Kenn | Tools and storage. To enable drainage works and repair of non-safety potholes |
| Loxhore | Equipment and material for drainage work, hedge and verge clearing, pothole filling etc. |
| Luppitt Parish Council | Concrete ditch to prevent road damage |
| Luppitt Parish Council | Drain laying |
| Lustleigh Parish Council | Materials for RW Scheme |
| Lydford Parish Council | PPE; signs and barriers |
| Malborough | Cycle path clearing |
| Modbury Parish Council | Lengthsman/New equipment |
| North Bovey Conservation Group (NBCG) | PPE, signs and barriers, materials |
| Northam Town Council (2 bids) | Range of lengthsman services, mower, chainsaw and relevant training |
| Okement Rivers Improvement Group | Training for Road Warden Scheme and purchase of sprayer |
| Rockbeare Parish Council | Drainage works |
| Shillingford St George | Salt dispenser/gritter |
| South Milton | Equipment and PPE for drainage works |
| Stokenham Parish Council | Contractor costs for drainage |
| Talaton Parish Council | Grass cutting/strimming |
| Thorverton & Brampford Speke CAG | Hulk Lane re-instatement |
| Ugborough Parish Council | PPE, signs and barriers, contractor costs for drainage work |
Individual case studies, including before and after pictures of the work undertaken are linked in the above table.
More case studies - Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund (HMCEF)
Talaton Parish Council have secured funding through the Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund to assist with general highway related maintenance throughout the parish. Read more >
How Bideford Town Council have made use of the Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund. Read more >
Braunton Parish Council took part in a ‘Tidy-Up Community Day’ in Knowle, which included flail cutting along the pavement. Read more >
Since joining the Road Warden Scheme early in 2018, Thornbury Hamlets has been proactive in logging and addressing the non-intervention potholes in the parish. The response from residents and the grant received from the HMCEF has been very positive, with volunteers of all ages, who are keen to ‘do their bit’ to make our roads… Read more >
A number of parishes have received funding from HMCEF and have used this to carry out maintenance works and improvements to their local communities. Read more >
Halberton Parish Council received funding and used this to purchase equipment to enable the Road Warden and a team of local volunteers to carry out highway related maintenance. Read more >
Hennock Parish Council were awarded funding from the HMCEF towards the cost of employing a contractor to undertake lengthsman duties within the parish. Read more >
Ugborough Parish Council received funding over two years under the Highway Maintenance Community Enhancement Fund (HMCEF). Read more >
Beer, Bovey Tracey, Buckland Tout Saints, Modbury and Yealmpton parish councils have all successfully applied for grants through the HMCEF, in order to purchase tools and equipment to enable works within their local areas. Read more >