Cost of St John's Road trial scheme (FOI)

​​Request

A

How much money was spent on plans to trial a one-way system on St John's Road in Jersey in 2023? 

(i) Of the overall spending, in what areas were costs accumulated? 

(ii) Of the areas where costs were accumulated, how much money was spent in each area? 

B

How much money has been spent on plans to trial a one-way system on St John's Road in Jersey so far in 2024? 

(i) Of the overall spending, in what areas were costs accumulated? 

(ii) Of the areas where costs were accumulated, how much money was spent in each area? 

C

How much money has been budgeted by the Minister for Infrastructure / Department for Infrastructure to consider a different approach to the proposed one-way scheme on the lower part of St John’s Road? 

D

​As stated in a Government of Jersey note to the media - What is the budget for the transport team to "review the options, including southbound, and to model potential impacts" on the community in order to prepare trial plans ready for the summer? 

Response

A

The 2023 costs in relation to the planned St John's Road trial are detailed below.

• 2023 non staff costs £40,678
  
• 2023 Infrastructure and Environment staff costs £51,945
  

It should be noted that all internal work has been undertaken by existing Infrastructure and Environment (I&E) staff and no additional officers were employed specifically to work on this project.  Therefore, the cost of these staff forms part of I&E’s staff budgets.

The recording of staff costs is particular to some sections within I&E, tracking sunk costs within the overall expenditure is not typical across government for business-as-usual projects costing purposes.

(i) 

All of the costs were accumulated within the Transport Section within I&E.

(ii) 

All of the costs shown above were accrued by the Transport Section within I&E.

B

The 2024 costs in relation to the planned St John's Road trial are detailed below.

• 2024 non staff costs £258
• 2024 I&E staff costs £5,272 (Please see comment in response to question B)
  

C and D

A study is being scoped and no budget has been allocated, therefore, the requested information is not held and Article 10 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article applied

Article 10 - Obligation of scheduled public authority to confirm or deny holding information

(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.​