Issue - meetings

This report advises Members of the outcome of a study into traffic and road safety issue in Knapton.

Option One  -   Do nothing (as recommended by Halcrow).

Option Two - To support some of the possible actions put forward in the     Halcrow report, and seek the necessary funding for them to be taken forward. 

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to accept Option One to maintain the existing highway arrangement in Knapton as the best way forward.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:            To respond to the findings of the technical assessment of traffic and road safety issues in Knapton, and to take account of feedback from the Ward and Parish Councillors.

Consideration was given to a report, which advised Members of the outcome of a study into traffic and road safety issues in Knapton.  The report concluded that there were no significant problems to be addressed, and recommended that no further action be taken.

Members were reminded the two petitions had been received from residents of Knapton, one requesting the closure of Main Street with its junction with the A1237 and the other objecting to this proposal. Following consultation it had been clear that many residents had concerns about traffic levels and speeds through the village. Members had requested Officers to prepare a technical appraisal to assess the scale of the problems and possible measures to tackle these. Halcrow had also been commissioned to carry out the traffic study.

It was confirmed that the technical assessment carried out by Halcrow had found that there were no significant traffic or road safety issues in Knapton.

Consideration was given to the following options:

Option One  -   Do nothing (as recommended by Halcrow).

Option Two - To support some of the possible actions put forward in the     Halcrow report, and seek the necessary funding for them to be taken forward. 

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to accept Option One to maintain the existing highway arrangement in Knapton as the best way forward. ^1.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

REASON:            To respond to the findings of the technical assessment of traffic and road safety issues in Knapton, and to take account of feedback from the Ward and Parish Councillors.