Issue - meetings

This report advises the Executive Member for City Strategy of the receipt of a petition from residents of New Lane and Hill Street. The petition requests that the Council takes steps to tackle the speed of traffic on the junction of New Lane and Hill Street opposite West Bank Park.

RESOLVED:                 That the Executive Member agrees to:

(i)                 Option One with Officers offering residents a Community Speed Indicator Device (SID) and providing the necessary training to enable residents to monitor traffic speeds in the New Lane and Hill Street area;

(ii)               Request Officers to give further consideration to the option of providing a clearer indication, for drivers, of the entrance to West Bank Park, and, as part of this review, to consider whether a 20mph speed limit might be applied to this section of the highway.

REASON:                  Engineering measures are not considered appropriate however SID will enable speed to continue to be monitored and drivers will be made aware of the speed at which they are travelling. This will help resolve community issues as well as comply with the Speed Review process.

Consideration was given to a report, which advised the Executive Member of receipt of a petition from residents of New Lane and Hill Street. The petition requested the Council to take steps to tackle the speed of traffic on the junction of New Lane and Hill Street, opposite West Bank Park.

Officers had confirmed that there had been no recorded causalities in the last three years on this stretch of road. The seven day speed survey carried out in the summer had shown speeds being recorded as low against the posted speed limit. They reported that the highest speed had been recorded at 62mph in the early hours of 28 June, which Officers had considered the possibility of this being an emergency vehicle.

The Executive Member stated that the survey has shown speeds slightly above 30mph but less than on some other residential roads.  He confirmed that vertical traffic calming measures were now restricted to locations where there was a clear potential accident risk and the park entrance would fulfil this criteria.

Consideration was then given to the following options:

Option 1 - A Community Speed Indicator Device and the necessary training should be offered to residents if they wish to monitor traffic speeds.

Option 2 - No further action

RESOLVED:     That the Executive Member agrees to:

(i)                 Option One with Officers offering residents a Community Speed Indicator Device (SID) and providing the necessary training to enable residents to monitor traffic speeds in the New Lane and Hill Street area; ^1.

(ii)               Request Officers to give further consideration to the option of providing a clearer indication, for drivers, of the entrance to West Bank Park, and, as part of this review, to consider whether a 20mph speed limit might be applied to this section of the highway. ^2.

REASON:                  Engineering measures are not considered appropriate however SID will enable speed to continue to be monitored and drivers will be made aware of the speed at which they are travelling. This will help resolve community issues as well as comply with the Speed Review process.