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NORTH STREET, FARINGDON AVENUE, SUTTONS LANE / SWANBOURNE DRIVE JUNCTION AND UPMINSTER ROAD SOUTH CASUALTY REDUCTION PROGRAMME - PROPOSED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

Meeting: 15/01/2019 - Highways Advisory Committee (Item 31)

31 NORTH STREET, FARINGDON AVENUE, SUTTONS LANE / SWANBOURNE DRIVE JUNCTION AND UPMINSTER ROAD SOUTH CASUALTY REDUCTION PROGRAMME - PROPOSED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS pdf icon PDF 199 KB

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Minutes:

Following a debate the Committee RESOLVED to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment in consultation with the Leader of the Council that the following safety improvements shown on relevant drawings be implemented:

 

(a)  North Street by The Avenue (Plan No:QR002/3)

-       Pedestrian refuge as shown

 

(b)  Faringdon Avenue by Tonbridge Road (Plan No.QR002/5)

-       Pedestrian refuge with double yellow line extension as shown

 

(c)  Upminster Road South outside Rainham Primary School             

(Plan No:QR002/1)

-       Humped pelican crossing as shown

 

Members noted that the estimated costs of £0.060m, would be met from the Transport for London’s (TfL) 2018/19 Local Implementation Plan allocations  for borough wide KSIs (A2908 - £0.040m) and Upminster Road South (A2911 - £0.020m) Casualty Reduction Programme. The funding would need to be spent by 31 March 2019, to ensure full access to the grant

 

The voting to proceed with the Suttons Lane / Swanbourne Drive Junction (Plan Pedestrian refuge scheme was carried by five votes in favour, one against and two abstentions.