The Strategic Director, Place will submit Document “J” which seeks approval for a programme of Safer Roads schemes in the Shipley constituency for 2019/20.

Recommended –

(1)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme those five outstanding 2018/19 schemes identified within Tables 1 and 2 of Appendix 1 of Document “J”.

(2)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme those proposed Traffic Management Ancillary Measures identified in Appendix 2 of Document “J”.

(3)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme that list of sites comprising the proposed Shipley Constituency-Wide Traffic Regulation Order identified within Appendix 3 of Document “J”.

(4)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme that programme of proposed Casualty Reduction schemes identified within the ‘Priority List’ of Appendix 4 of Document “J”.

(5)       That any Traffic Regulation Orders, or any legal procedures linked to the processing of traffic calming measures or pedestrian crossing facilities which are necessary to implement the chosen schemes be approved for processing and advertising subject to the scheme details being agreed with the local Ward Members.

(6)       That any valid objections to the advertised Traffic Regulation Orders, traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be submitted to this Area Committee for consideration or in the event of there being no valid objections the Traffic Regulation Orders be sealed and implemented and the traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be implemented as advertised.

(Regeneration & Environment Overview & Scrutiny Committee)

(Simon D’Vali – 01274 431000)

The Strategic Director, Place submitted Document “J” which sought approval for a programme of Safer Roads schemes in the Shipley constituency for 2019/20.

The Senior Engineer, Traffic and Highways (North), provided a summary of the report and stated that the total Shipley constituency Safer Roads budget for 2019/20 was £110,000, with £17,000 carried over from the 2018/19 budget, totalling £127,000.  Three Casualty Reduction and two Community Project schemes which had been included in the previous years programme remained outstanding (as detailed in Appendix 1) and the estimated cost of completing these schemes within 2019/20 was £37,000 which he recommended for approval.  He recommended that the remaining budget be allocated as outlined in appendices 2 to 4.

In response to Members’ questions, he reported that:

·         16 Vehicle Activated Signs had been fixed as part of their on-going maintenance.  Information on the cost per unit was not available at the meeting but would be circulated to Members.

·         A Shipley Constituency-Wide Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) for 2019/20 (Appendix 3) was being proposed for value for money purposes; this method had also been used in the Bradford West and Keighley constituencies.

·         Appendix 3 included a proposed scheme for Browgate/Rushcroft Terrace, Baildon which proposed to extend the ‘no waiting at any time’ restrictions (double yellow lines) by two metres to improve sightlines.

A discussion took place regarding traffic surveys included in the proposed traffic management ancillary measures for 2019/20 (Appendix 2).  The Senior Engineer reported that when requests were received from members of the public, officers assessed if there was a speed issue at the location before deploying resources; requests from Ward Members were acceded to and private developers were charged a fee if they requested the service.  The Chair raised concerns that the budget for traffic surveys was being spent without the Committee being made aware of the requests and he therefore asked the officer to ensure the Committee had oversight of the expenditure.

A Baildon Town Councillor addressed the Committee and asked whether the constituency-wide TRO (Appendix 3) could include a scheme for a Residents Permit Parking Scheme on Bank Walk and, if not, when funding was likely to be available for such a scheme.  In response, it was reported that only schemes which were considered non-contentious were included in the constituency-wide TRO and officers were aware that this particular site was very problematic and was likely to attract objections, therefore it was appropriate to add to the TRO.  The Chair added that future funding depended on the Council’s Executive delegating funds to the Committee.

Resolved –

(1)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme those five outstanding 2018/19 schemes identified within Tables 1 and 2 of Appendix 1 of Document “J”.

(2)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme those proposed Traffic Management Ancillary Measures identified in Appendix 2 of Document “J”.

(3)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme that list of sites comprising the proposed Shipley Constituency-Wide Traffic Regulation Order identified within Appendix 3 of Document “J”.

(4)       That this Committee approves as part of its 2019/20 Safer Roads Programme that programme of proposed Casualty Reduction schemes identified within the ‘Priority List’ of Appendix 4 of Document “J”.

(5)       That any Traffic Regulation Orders, or any legal procedures linked to the processing of traffic calming measures or pedestrian crossing facilities which are necessary to implement the chosen schemes be approved for processing and advertising subject to the scheme details being agreed with the local Ward Members.

(6)       That any valid objections to the advertised Traffic Regulation Orders, traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be submitted to this Area Committee for consideration or in the event of there being no valid objections the Traffic Regulation Orders be sealed and implemented and the traffic calming or pedestrian facilities be implemented as advertised.

OVERVIEW AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE: Regeneration & Environment

ACTION: Strategic Director, Place