Cost of Trinity Village improvement (FOI)

​​​Request

A

Please advise the total cost of the Parish of Trinity "project" to re-route traffic around the area of the church, which has subsequently been dropped, including the redesigned crossing in front of Le Grand Clos estate.

B

Please advise how this consultation was funded.

Response

A

The works are currently ongoing and are not expected to be completed until the New Year, therefore the actual total cost is not as yet available and Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

However, the total construction costs of the original ‘character’ scheme presented at the initial consultation was estimated as £1,531,500. 

Delivery of the revised crossing agreed upon through various subsequent parish meetings and now under construction, is estimated to be £255,000. This includes significant upgrading of the existing carriageway and supporting highway infrastructure to reduce ongoing maintenance needs and extend its service life.

B

The work was funded by the Government of Jersey as part of its work to remove barriers to active travel, improve road safety (particularly for vulnerable road users) and the public realm. 

Article applied

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(1) Subject to paragraph (2), if –

(a) a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority; and

(b) the authority does not hold the information, it must inform the applicant accordingly.

(2) If a person makes a request for information to a scheduled public authority and –

(a) the information is absolutely exempt information or qualified exempt information; or

(b) if the authority does not hold the information, the information would be absolutely exempt information or qualified exempt information if it had held it,the authority may refuse to inform the applicant whether or not it holds the information if it is satisfied that, in all the circumstances of the case, it is in the public interest to do so.

(3) If a scheduled public authority so refuses –

(a) it shall be taken for the purpose of this Law to have refused to supply the information requested on the ground that it is absolutely exempt information; and

(b) it need not inform the applicant of the specific ground upon which it is refusing the request or, if the authority does not hold the information, the specific ground upon which it would have refused the request had it held the information.