Agenda item

TRAFFIC AND PARKING SCHEMES REQUESTS

Meeting of Highways Advisory Committee, Tuesday, 21st February, 2012 7.30 pm (Item 75.)

The Committee is requested to consider the report relating to Minor Traffic and Parking Schemes.

Minutes:

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:

Item Ref	Scheme	Description	Decision
SECTION A – Minor Traffic and Parking Scheme Requests
TPC21	Market Link/Ducking Stool/The Mews	Request for double yellow lines and a no waiting/no loading ban due to serious obstruction and road safety issues for Market Traders particularly from 5am	Agreed
TPC191	London Road, Romford	Request to remove existing parking bays and install yellow line restrictions outside Ilford Motors, 137-143 London Road to prevent parked vehicles obscuring the view of passing trade.	Rejected
TPC192	Norfolk Road, Upminster	Request for Residents Parking Scheme - resident in rented property with no off street parking	Rejected
TPC193	Windermere Avenue, Elm Park	Request to review marked bays in Windermere Ave and install junction protection at the junction with St Andrews Ave as sight line of driver obstructed when exiting his drive and the Avenue	Rejected
TPC194	299-307 Collier Row Lane, Romford	Request for loading bay outside Romford Mazda to allow drivers to load/unload vehicles without getting PCNs	Rejected 7-1
TPC195	Firham Park Estate, Harold Wood	Request from resident and visitor to estate for parking restrictions to deter commuter parking and junction protection to deter inconsiderate parking on corners obscuring sight lines.	Deferred for further report to committee to include consultation with local residents and costing. Consideration to be given to include proposals in wider scheme dealing with parking issues in the Firham Park Estate.
TPC196	Merlin Road, Romford	Request for junction protection at junction of Merlin Road and Avalon Road	Rejected
TPC197	Paignton Close, Romford	Request for yellow lines in Paignton Close to deter inconsiderate parking	Rejected
SECTION B – Minor Traffic and Parking Scheme Requests on hold for future discussion or funding issues
TPC70	Mashiters Walk, Romford	Request for single yellow line restriction between 10am and 11am following increase in commuter parking as a result of the restrictions recently implemented in the Lake Rise/Rosemary Avenue Area	Noted
TPC93	Engayne Gardens, Upminster	Request to remove or convert to residents' parking bays a free parking bay on the corner of Engayne and Ashburnham Gardens	Noted
TPC120	Ruskin Avenue, Spenser Crescent, Masefield Drive and Hall Lane, Upminster	Request for junction protection at junction of Ruskin Avenue with Masefield Drive, Spenser Crescent with Masefield Drive, Spenser Crescent with Hall Lane and Masefield Drive with Hall Lane plus double yellow lines at the apex of bends in Masefield Drive to deter obstructive parking by users of Upminster Hall Playing Fields	Noted
TPC124	Beauly Road Romford	Request for junction protection marking on the Beauly Road at its junction with Pettits Lane	It was noted that this item had been included in a bus stop accessibility scheme being designed by Traffic and Engineering. Agreed to be removed from the list.
TPC130	Cheshire Close, Emerson Park	Request for footway parking bays	Noted
TPC136	29 Hill Grove	Request for restrictions in Hill Grove due to increased number of vehicles parked in the road following the implementation of restrictions in Cedric Avenue	Deferred pending wider review of the area – item noted
TPC149	Chase Cross Road, Collier Row	Request for restrictions near the junction with Havering Road to be implemented from the bus stand back to the zebra crossing	Noted
TPC156	Introduction of Pay by Phone provision	To provide additional method of payment for residents and visitors to the borough in Romford Town Centre car parks and a number of free bays in Upminster and Gidea Park where commuter parking is prevalent and dual usage of voucher bays in Crow Lane	Noted
TPC181	Mawney Road, Romford	Request to remove restrictions in Mawney Road in the area north of the A12	Deferred to September 2012 following local Planning issue decision – item noted
TPC188	Hall Lane, Upminster	Request to extend the yellow line further north on the east side of Hall Lane, with restrictions applicable Sunday 9am to 1pm only, to assist with problem parking during football games	Deferred pending wider review of the area – item noted

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