Issue - meetings
Residents petition for the need for improved enforcement of the weight limit on vehicles accessing Dunnington village
Meeting: 15/01/2007 - Executive Members for City Strategy and Advisory Panel (Item 86)
86 Dunnington Weight Limit Petition 
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This report advises the Advisory Panel of the receipt of a petition that requests the more effective enforcement of the weight restriction through the village of Dunnington.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to:
(i) Note and support the action taken as detailed in Options A, B & C:
A. Request police enforcement. This has already been done.
B. Improve signing of both the restriction and the route to the Industrial Estate. This work is ongoing at present.
C. Reconsider the enforcement of such restrictions when these powers are transferred to the Local Authority. This is a long term option that cannot be tackled at present;
(ii) Write to the Police Commander to request that sample weight checks are undertaken in the village and the results are reported back to the Council.
Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy
RESOLVED: That the Advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To address the issues raised in the petition.
Minutes:
Members considered a report which advised them of the receipt of a petition that requests the more effective enforcement of the weight restriction through the village of Dunnington.
Cllr Greenwood presented a 343 signature petition to the meeting of Council on 5 October 2006. Those signing the petition supported Cllr Greenwood’s campaign for more effective enforcement of the weight restriction on vehicles which attempted to short cut through Dunnington village.
The report presented four options:
A. Request police enforcement. This has already been done.
B. Improved signing of both the restriction and the route to the Industrial Estate. This work is ongoing at present.
C. Reconsider the enforcement of such restrictions when these powers are transferred to the Local Authority. This is a long term option that cannot be tackled at present.
D. Take no further action.
Cllr SF Galloway suggested that the Executive Member for City Strategy be asked to write to the Police Commander to request that sample weight checks be undertaken in the village and the results be reported back to the Council.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to:
(i) Note and support the action taken as detailed in Options A, B & C:
A. Request police enforcement. This has already been done.
B. Improve signing of both the restriction and the route to the Industrial Estate. This work is ongoing at present.
C. Reconsider the enforcement of such restrictions when these powers are transferred to the Local Authority. This is a long term option that cannot be tackled at present;
(ii) Write to the Police Commander to request that sample weight checks are undertaken in the village and the results are reported back to the Council.
Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy
RESOLVED: That the Advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: To address the issues raised in the petition.