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151.

DISCLOSURE OF INTERESTS

Members are invited to disclose any interest in any of the items on the agenda at this point of the meeting. 

 

Members may still disclose any interest in an item at any time prior to the consideration of the matter.

 

Minutes:

No interest was disclosed at the meeting.

 

152.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 188 KB

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 5 December 2017 and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

 

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 5 December 2017 were

agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

 

153.

RUSH GREEN ROAD ACCIDENT REDUCTION PROGRAMME - PROPOSED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS pdf icon PDF 189 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The report before the Committee detailed responses to a consultation on Accident Reduction Programme schemes that had the approval of Transport for London for funding. The report outlined that a feasibility study was recently carried out to identify safety improvements and zebra crossing, humped zebra crossing, junction speed table, speed table, mini roundabout alteration with kerb build-out and junction alteration with narrow approaches are proposed to minimise accidents.

 

The report before the Committee detailed responses to a consultation for Accident Reduction Programme safety improvements on Rush Green Road.

 

The report identified safety improvements and humped pedestrian refuge, pedestrian refuges and speed tables are proposed to minimise accidents.

 

The following safety improvements along Rush Green Road were detailed to reduce vehicle speeds and minimise accidents:

 

·     Rush Green Road west of Barton Avenue - Humped pedestrian refuge with road marking changes.

        

·     Rush Green Road west of Clayton Road - Speed tables (2No.) with road marking changes.

 

·         Rush Green Road by Rush Green Gardens - Pedestrian refuge with road marking changes.

 

·         Rush Green Road west of Birkbeck Road - Pedestrian refuge with road marking changes.

 

·         Rush Green Road west of Lilac Gardens - Speed table with road marking changes.

 

During the debate, a Member suggested that there was a policy of putting humps on main roads, without any evidence base. The member questioned the effectiveness of existing humps, on main roads, stating that their effectiveness needed to be considered before new schemes are progressed.   A reference was made to a newspaper article from Somerset & Bath which found that accidents had gone up after the introduction of a scheme involving the introduction of road humps.

 

Officers explained that 3 to 4 years of data would be required to evaluate the effectiveness of speed humps and given that the majority of collisions were on main roads, the implication of such a suggestion would hold up further safety improvements for years.

 

Officers explained that the referenced newspaper article related to a factually different situation to the scheme now under consideration and held the opinion that the press had failed to report the case properly as there were issues in the statistical analysis used.

 

A proposal to recommend implementation of the scheme with the exclusion of speed humps was defeated 8 votes to 2 with one abstention.

 

Following the debate, the Committee RESOLVED to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Regulatory Services and Community Safety that the following safety improvements be implemented:

 

1.            Rush Green Road west of Barton Avenue (Plan No:QQ057-1)

-     Humped pedestrian refuge with road marking changes as shown.

        

2.            Rush Green Road west of Clayton Road (Plan No:QQ057-2)

Speed tables (2No.) with road marking changes as shown.

 

3.            Rush Green Road by Rush Green Gardens (Plan No:QQ057-3)

Pedestrian refuge with road marking changes as shown.

 

4.            Rush Green Road west of Birkbeck Road (Plan No:QQ057-4)

Pedestrian refuge with road marking changes as shown.

 

5.            Rush Green Road west of Lilac Gardens (Plan No. QQ057-5)

Speed table with road marking changes as shown.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 153.

154.

BUTTS GREEN ROAD ACCIDENT REDUCTION PROGRAMME - PROPOSED SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS pdf icon PDF 201 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The report before the Committee detailed responses to a consultation on Accident Reduction Programme schemes that had the approval of Transport for London for funding.

 

The report outlined that a feasibility study was recently carried out to identify safety improvements and zebra crossing, humped zebra crossing, junction speed table, speed table, mini roundabout alteration with kerb build-out and junction alteration with narrow approaches are proposed to minimise accidents.

 

The proposal outlined the following safety improvements along Butts Green Road and North Street to reduce vehicle speeds and minimise accidents.

 

·Butts Green Road / Slewins Lane Junction - Mini roundabout alteration with kerb build-out.

        

·Butts Green Road by south of Wykeham Avenue - Humped zebra crossing

 

·Butts Green Road by Hillview Avenue and Berther Road

-  Humped zebra crossing

-  Junction speed table

 

·North Street by Seymour Place – Zebra crossing

 

·North Street by Burnway - Speed table  

 

·North Street by Fentiman Way - Junction alteration with narrow approaches

 

During the debate, a Member raised  concerns about the left turn from the North Street petrol station into North Street, stating that it was difficult for vehicles to re-enter the road at this point which led to traffic build up and queues. The member suggested that the proposal would make the situation worse.

 

In response Officers confirmed that the crossing would have a negligible impact on traffic flows.

 

In response to a members request to review kerb radii on Berther Road, which was considered too tight in places, officers agreed to conduct a review.

 

Another Member suggested that the effectiveness of existing humps, on main roads, needed to be considered before new schemes are progressed. The member also questioned the safety of the proposed buildouts at the Slewins Lane mini-roundabout.

 

The Committee was informed that the proposed buildouts had a smooth profile and were designed to tighten up the left turn from Ardleigh Green Road into Butts Green Road to slow vehicles down.

 

A Member stated that they were not in favour of the proposal to tighten the kerb radii at Fentiman Way. The Committee noted that the idea of the scheme was to further slow vehicles down.

 

A Member suggested that there could be an issue of driver confusion in terms of rights of way at the Fentiman Way car park entrance and suggested that this be given consideration. The Committee noted that officers would consider the issue separately.

 

A proposal to recommend implementation of the scheme with the exclusion of the proposed mini roundabout alterations with kerb build-out was carried with the Committee resolving to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Regulatory Services and Community Safety that  Recommendation 1(a) Butts Green Road / Slewins Lane Junction (Plan No:QQ005-1) – Mini roundabout alterations be rejected.

The Committee RESOLVED to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Regulatory Services and Community Safety that the following safety improvements as detailed on the relevant drawings be implemented:

 

1(b) Butts Green Road by south of Wykeham Avenue (Plan No:QQ005 2) - Humped  ...  view the full minutes text for item 154.

155.

CAMBRIDGE AVENUE/ WARWICK GARDENS SCH17 pdf icon PDF 803 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Regulatory Services and Community Safety that (a) the proposals to introduce a resident’s parking scheme (Permit Parking Area), operational Monday to Saturday 8.00am – 6.30pm inclusive be abandoned due to the weight of objections;

 

(b) The proposals to introduce the ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions on the bend of Cambridge Avenue and Warwick Gardens, are implemented as advertised

 

156.

MELLOWES ROAD PARKING REVIEW pdf icon PDF 698 KB

Minutes:

The Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED to recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment, Regulatory Services and Community Safety that the following measures be implemented:

 

1.     the ‘at any time’ waiting restrictions (Double Yellow Lines)as shown on the plan in Appendix D be implemented as advertised;

 

2.     Mellowes Road be included within the RO3 Controlled Parking Zone as a ‘Permit Holders Past this Point’ scheme (operational Monday to Saturday, 8.30am to 6.30pm) together with associated waiting restrictions as shown on the plan in Appendix D.

 

Members note that the estimated cost for implementation of the scheme was £0.002m which included the advertising of the Traffic Management Order and the implementation of posts sign and the associated waiting restrictions and parking bays.

 

157.

HIGHWAYS SCHEMES APPLICATION - WORKS PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 169 KB

The Committee is requested to consider the report relating to work in progress and applications - Report attached

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report showing the new highway scheme requests in order for a decision to be made on whether the scheme should progress or not before resources were expended on detailed design and consultation.

 

The Committee had considered and agreed in principle the schedule that detailed the applications received by the service.

 

The Committee’s decision was noted against the request and appended to the minutes.