Issue - items at meetings - Petition from residents for crossing and safety measures Mill Lane, Wigginton

This report asks Members to consider a petition presented to the City of York Council seeking traffic calming along Mill Lane and ‘The Village’ and a pedestrian crossing near to the junction of Westfield Lane for school children and all pedestrians.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to:

(i) Note the content of the petition;

(ii) Approve that Officers reconsider the measures proposed in 2001 and 2003, consult further with the Parish Council, and consider options to take forward for the 2007/08 capital programme;

(iii) Approve the Officers reply to the lead petitioner on the outcome of this report.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

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

REASON: To respond to local residents concerns about the speed of traffic along Mill Lane and The Village and their aspirations for a formal crossing point near to the junction of Mill Lane and Westfield Lane.

Members considered a report which detailed a petition presented to the City of York Council seeking traffic calming along Mill Lane and The Village, and a pedestrian crossing near to the junction of Westfield Lane for school children and all pedestrians. A total of 222 signatures were received.

The report presented three options:

(i) To consider introducing a formal pedestrian crossing at the junction of ‘The Village’ and Westfield Lane through the ‘Safer Routes to School’ Local Transport capital programme 2007-10;

(ii) To consider installing traffic calming measures as outlined in 2003 through the Local Transport capital programme 2007-10;

(iii) To take no action.

Cllr Merrett asked where this request was on the list of schemes and was updated that this scheme would be considered as part of the Capital Programme with all other schemes, but had been brought to this EMAP as a result of a petition being received.