ROAD safety schemes at either end of East Lancashire are set to go ahead after county council engineers updated their highways programme.
Plans had been made to introduce a 20mph speed limit along Knowsley Road in Wilpshire, at a cost of £18,000.
But after a further assessment of the route, it was found another £14,206 was required to meet construction and traffic management costs.
County Cllr John Fillis, highways cabinet member, has approved the additional cash requirement from unallocated budgets for accident-reduction works.
Elsewhere £59,740 had been set aside to provide a pedestrian crossing and tactile paving in the Skipton Road area of Colne.
An extra £12,620 was required, on review, to include extra high-friction road surfacing materials, on areas approaching the crossing.
Cllr Fillis, as part of transport capital programme changes, has transferred unspent road safety funds for the purpose.
An extra £5,681 has also been found to purchase land around Nelson Interchange.
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