Agenda and minutes

To approve as a correct record the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 12 May 2015, and to authorise the Chairman to sign them.

The minutes of the meeting held on 12 May 2015 were agreed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

The report before Members detailed responses for the provision of fully accessible bus stops along Collier Row Lane.

The proposals for accessibility improvements had been developed for various bus stops along Collier Row Lane as set out in the following table:

The report detailed that at the close of public consultation on 27 April 2015, four responses had been received.

Two residents had objected to the proposals for the northbound stop outside 171 to 179 Collier Row Lane as shown on Drawing QN008-OF-A11-A12-A, raising the following issues:

·         Clearway would make it difficult to access premises,

·         Concern about buses pulling up close to premises,

·         Loss of parking [2-wheel footway parking],

·         Residents being penalised for living on a bus route,

·         Failed to see point of scheme as few buses use stop,

·         Poor driving/ behaviour from bus drivers,

·         Footway not wide enough for bus stop,

·         Volume of traffic makes it hard to pull onto driveway,

·         Bus stop is in an unsafe location,

·         Too many accidents and near misses,

·         Scheme will flood property,

·         Unhappy with red road across property,

·         Impact on visitor parking,

·         Impact on personal parking and security of vehicles if cannot be outside premises,

·         Bus stop should be placed elsewhere.

The report detailed that Councillor Frost had raised concerns on behalf of residents at 171 to 179 Collier Row Lane about the effect of raising the footway and its effect on accessing their premises.

The Committee noted officer comment that staff were generally reluctant to propose the relocation of a bus stop because of the impact on residents not currently affected and the likely objections arising, but where accessibility or safety was considered better at an alternative location, such an alternative would be explored. The Committee had noted that this would require a fresh consultation process to be undertaken.

The report stated that the proposals for 171 to 179 did not seek to alter the vehicle crossings to the properties but to make adjustments to the footway which was currently used for the passenger waiting area.

In accordance with the public participation arrangements the Committee was addressed by a local resident who spoke against the scheme. The resident raised concern about the northbound bus stop shown on Drawing (A09/A10-A – northbound), which is sited in close proximity to the driveway of his property. The primary concerns raised by the resident resulted from buses stopping  ...  view the full minutes text for item 2.

Following clarification that the toucan crossing would be linked to Exchange Street and that it was planned for it to be connected to the SCOOT system which allowed local and regional control of signals, the Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED:

1.    To recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment that the Toucan crossing on Waterloo Road, approximately 52 metres North of Union Road, together with associated works as set out in the report and shown on QM064/100/PC/0 be implemented.

2.    That it be noted that land outside of the Council’s control was required in order for the scheme to be constructed and that land would need to be acquired by the Council for highway purposes or similarly dedicated by the respective owners.

3.    That it be noted that the estimated cost of £150,000 for implementation would be met by the S106 Contribution for Highway Works linked to P1638.09.

The Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED:

1.            To recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment that the proposals for the taxi ranks set out in the report and shown on the following drawings be implemented:

·         High Street, Romford

QN017/01/01.A; QN017/01/02.A & QN017/01/03.A

·         Eastern Road, Romford

QN017/04/01.B; QN017/04/02.B; QN017/04/03.A & QN017/04/04.B

·         High Street, Hornchurch

QN017/03/01.A

·         High Street and Billet Lane, Hornchurch

QM017/OF/101.B & QM017/OF/102.B

·         Upminster Road, Upminster

QN017/10/01.A

2.         That it be noted that the estimated cost of £9,380for implementation (all sites) would be met by Transport for London through the Taxi Rank Provision Review.

The Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED:

1.    To recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment that the bus stop accessibility improvements on Wennington Road set out in the  report and shown drawing QN008-OF-A78-B be implemented

2.    That it be noted that the estimated cost of £4,000 for implementation (all sites) would be met by Transport for London through the 2015/16 Local Implementation Plan allocation for Bus Stop Accessibility.

Following confirmation from officers that the proposed clearway and bus stopping position was not too close to the junction to pose safety concerns the Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED:

1.            To recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment that the bus stop accessibility improvements on Tees Drive set out in the report and shown on the following drawings be implemented:

·         QN008-OF-A237-A

·         QN008-OF-A238-A

·         QN008-OF-A239-A

2.         That it be noted that the estimated cost of £3,000 for implementation (all sites) would be met by Transport for London through the 2015/16 Local Implementation Plan allocation for Bus Stop Accessibility.

Following confirmation by Officers that the proposal shown on Drawing QN008-OF-A223.2-A (Option 2), would include the provision of a bus shelter and that works would be undertaken to tighten the junction at Berwick Road owing to the position of the clearway and bus stopping position being closer to the junction with Cardinal Way than would normally be preferred the Committee considered the report and without further debate RESOLVED:

1.            To recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment that the bus stop accessibility improvements on Upminster Road North, Lake Avenue, Thorn Lane, Briscoe Road & Berwick Road set out in the report and shown on the following drawings (contained within Appendix I) be implemented:

·         QN008-OF-A213&A214-A

·         QN008-OF-A215-A

·         QN008-OF-A216-A

·         QN008-OF-A217&A218-A

·         QN008-OF-A219&A220-A

·         QN008-OF-A221-A

·         QN008-OF-A222-A

·         QN008-OF-A223.2-A (Option 2)

2.         That it be noted that the estimated cost of £44,000 for implementation (all sites) would be met by Transport for London through the 2015/16 Local Implementation Plan allocation for Bus Stop Accessibility (£36,000) and the S106 for Highway Works (including Bus Stop Accessibility) linked to P1140.09 (£8,000).

The Committee considered the report and without debate RESOLVED:

1.            To recommend to the Cabinet Member for Environment that the bus stop accessibility improvements on St. Mary’s Lane set out in the  report and shown on the following drawings be implemented:

·         QN008-OF-A156-A157-A (clearways operating throughout the week)

·         QN008-OF-A158-A159-A (clearways operating Monday to Saturday)

·         QN008-OF-A160-A161-A (clearways operating Monday to Saturday)

·         QN008-OF-A162-A163-A (clearways operating Monday to Saturday)

2.         That it be noted that the estimated cost of £23,000 for implementation (all sites) would be met by Transport for London through the 2015/16 Local Implementation Plan allocation for Bus Stop Accessibility.

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

The Committee had considered a report with all 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 decisions were noted as against each request and appended to the minutes.

Following members concerns over the quality of the lining of roads in borough roads, it was agreed that officers would present a schedule at the next committee meeting detailing the programme of works for the relining (white lines) of road markings on the boroughs roads.