Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 18 October 2011, and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 18 October 2011 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

Outcome of consultation on revised proposed parking scheme

The Committee considered a report that detailed the views of those responding to a revised public consultation on an extension to the Romford Controlled Parking Zone Sector 3, into Park Lane and Clifton Road. The Sector 3 area was presently bounded by Malvern Road, Globe Road, Brentwood Road, Victoria Road, South Street, Thurloe Gardens and Clydesdale Road. Any resident with a permit could park in the zone.

The following scheme was proposed:

·        To bring Clifton Road and Park Lane into the current Sector 3 Controlled  Parking Zone (north of Malvern Road);

·        To provide 1 no. business permit bay in Park Lane, outside nos. 33 and 35.

The Permit bays and single yellow lines would be operational Monday to Saturday 8.30am to 6.30pm.

The report informed the Committee that there were 62 properties in Clifton Road and the scheme would provide parking for approximately 51 vehicles plus 3 existing disabled parking bays located outside registered properties.

By the close of consultation, thirty seven responses had been received which was a 27% response rate, 36 of these were from Clifton Road. No businesses replied. The comments were summarised in the report. Twenty six were in favour of the proposals although some still had reservations about the detail. Ten residents objected.

Many residents mentioned the problems caused by businesses, commuters, school parents and users of the local church and dance school parking in Clifton Road. It was claimed that existing CPZ residents have also been parking in Clifton Road for ‘free’. Some respondents did raise the point of these parking problems shifting on to other streets should this scheme go ahead.

Several residents, whilst in favour of the scheme in principle, objected to the extent of the single yellow lines.

The single yellow lines would result in a net loss of available parking space. The affect this would have would only be borne out with time as, once the scheme was implemented, commuters, drivers from schools and other local amenities would be unable to park in Clifton Road, freeing up spaces for permit holders.

An elderly lady residing in Clifton Road depended heavily on non-resident family carers who spent 5 to 6 hours per day with her. They all objected because the carers permit was for a maximum of 2 hours and one visitor permit allowed parking for 4 hours only. This would therefore become expensive for the family.

Some objections related to the increase in length of the disabled bays but this proposal only brought the bay size up to standard. With the proposed parking bays abutting the disabled bays at either end, the increased length allowed room for the disabled driver to manoeuvre.

In accordance with the public participation arrangements the Committee was addressed by two residents who expressed their views for and against the scheme respectively. The resident who spoke in favour of the scheme outlined various problems residents faced from non-resident parking causing problems to the extent that  ...  view the full minutes text for item 49.

St Mary’s Lane and Corbets Tey Road – The outcome of public consultation

The report before the Committee detailed the findings of the feasibility study and public consultation and set out recommendations for safety improvements.

In October 2010, Transport for London (TFL) approved funding for a number of Accident Reduction Programmes as part of the 2011/12 Havering Borough Spending Plan settlement. The St Mary’s Lane and Corbets Tey Road Area – Accident Reduction Programme was one of the schemes approved by TfL. A feasibility study had been carried out to identify accident remedial measures in the area.

The Government and Transport for London had set draft targets for 2020 to reduce Killed or Serious injury accidents (KSI) by 33%; Child KSIs by 50% and pedestrian and cyclist KSIs by 50% from the baseline of the average number of casualties for 2004-08. The St Mary’s Lane and Corbets Tey Road Area Accident Reduction Programme would help to meet these targets.

Traffic surveys showed that two-way traffic flows were up to 1600vehicles per hour during peak periods along St Mary’s Lane and Corbets Tey Road.

A speed survey was carried out and the results set out as follows.

The 85^th percentile speed was the speed not exceeded by 85% of vehicles and was the measure of speed recommended by the Government for the design of traffic management schemes. The speed limits along part of St Mary’s Lane and Corbets Tey Road were 30mph. The speed survey showed that the vehicle speeds were higher than the speed limit along these roads.

The report detailed that in the four-year period to December 2010, fifty and twenty three personal injury accidents (PIAs) were recorded along St Mary’s Lane and Corbets Tey Road respectively. From the 50 PIAs in St Mary’s Lane, six were speed related; twelve occurred during the hours of darkness and six involved pedestrians. The record outlined that of the 23 PIAs in Corbets Tey Road, two were speed related, seven occurred during the hours of darkness and four involved pedestrians.  

The following safety improvements were proposed and shown on Drawing Nos QK002/U/1 to QK002/U/5 of the report.

            St Mary’s Lane

·           St Mary’s Lane by Norfolk Road. (Drawing No:QK002/U/1)

-       Pedestrian refuge

-       Street lighting improvements

·           St Mary’s Lane by Sacred Heart of Mary RC School. (Drawing No:QK002/U/2)

-       Vehicle Activated sign

-       Buff coloured surfacing

-       Slow road marking

·           St Mary’s Lane between Aylett Road and Argyle Road  (Drawing No:QK002/U/3)

-       Street lighting improvements

-       Slow road marking

·           St Mary’s Lane by Lichfield Terrace (Drawing No:QK002/U/4)

-              ‘Giveway’ road sign and markings as shown

            Corbets Tey Road

·           Corbets Tey Road/Park  ...  view the full minutes text for item 50.

The Committee is requested to consider the report relating to Highway Schemes Applications

The report presented Members with all new highway schemes 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 would either make recommendations to the Head of StreetCare to progress the scheme or the Committee would reject the request.

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

The Committee’s decisions were noted as follows against each request:

During the discussion of the reports, the Committee RESOLVED to suspend Committee Procedure Rule 8 in order to complete the consideration of the remaining business of the agenda

The Committee is requested to consider the report relating to minor traffic and parking schemes.

The report before the Committee detailed all Minor Traffic and Parking Scheme application 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 would either make recommendations to the Head of StreetCare to progress the scheme or the Committee would reject the request.

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

The Committee’s decisions were noted as follows against each scheme: