The Trustees of the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund are celebrating 150 years since the birth of their benefactor William Rees Jeffreys with a major UK-wide Competition. This major UK-wide Competition is offering up to £150,000 for solutions that best respond to a fundamental question: What’s your vision of the way in which our roads (motorways, highways, or streets and footways) could best work for us all as we square up to the challenges of the next 50 years? ?
For William Rees Jeffreys, safe and appealing roads and streets were the key to a better quality of life for all. The Judges were pleased with the range, number and quality of entries, and that many entries showed a ‘strong alignment’ to the views of William Rees Jeffreys.
Visit the Competition website at www.rjrf.uk to find out about the shortlisted entries,
The key requirement of the Competition was for innovative ideas, creatively presented, and the Trustees noted how well many entrants responded, sending in entries that included songs, poems, videos, paintings and models.
‘It was refreshing to hear from some new voices to the sector and be presented with some very well-thought out ideas,’ said Ginny Clarke, Trustee and Chair of the Judging Panel.
‘I am delighted with the breadth of ideas, the quality of thinking and creativity, and especially pleased to get 142 entries,’ added Trustee Andy Graham.
Says Ginny Clarke, Trustee and Chair of the Judging panel: ‘On behalf of the Trustees, I’d like to thank each and every person who contributed to these 142 entries. The standard was consistently high, and we were thrilled to receive so many entries in the Competition’s first year.
Congratulations to Lewis Girls' School, Hengoed who were runners-up: in the Secondary school catergory and received £2,000 in prizes
Their project was entitled :Power generating recycled speed bumps + roads project
This idea is for roads and speed bumps that are made from recycled plastic, but with the speed bumps having lots and lots of Piezoelectric plates built into them. When a vehicle drives over the bump, the weight of the car acts on the Piezoelectric plates and generates a small electrical pulse.. This pulse of energy can then be stored in batteries and used to power street lights or even to plug electric cars into to charge them back up.
The Trustees also commented ‘We were also really pleased to see that so many entrants responded to our “be creative and innovative” brief, sending in entries that included songs, poems, videos, paintings and fly-thru models.
‘As Trustees, we will be reaching out to many new individuals and organisations in future, several of who came to our notice through this Competition.’
The competition was managed on behalf of the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund by Landor LINKS.
Please note that the first 5 pupils from each school go free, then there is a charge of £9 per pupil. 
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The competition will run Monday 10th January 2022 - Sunday 20th February 2022 (6 weeks)
The 2022 award is now open for applications.