Issue - items at meetings - Speed Limit Review (A&B Class Roads)

Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached).

2.1       That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm notes the Officer recommendations from the City Speed Limit Review as set out in Appendix A.

2.2       That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm approves the recommendations to proceed with speed limit reductions as set out in Appendix A, reference numbers 2,3,5,6,7,8 and 17, and approves the advertising of the necessary Traffic Regulations Order(s).

32.1               Councillor Davey considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place concerning a review of the speed limits on the A & B Class roads and resulting recommendations for reducing speed limits in identified areas.

32.2               Councillor Davey explained that the council was considering a large 20mph speed limit in the central area of the city, but that the recommendations in relation would be considered as part of the wider scheme at a later date.

32.3               In response to a question from Councillor Morgan, the Road Safety Manager explained that it would cost approximately £22,000 to implement the recommendations and that it would have little impact on implementation of other schemes.

32.4               In response to a question from Councillor Peltzer Dunn, the Road Safety Manager advised that consultation had taken place with the previous Administration and that the report from the review had been placed in Members’ Rooms. He agreed to provide a written list of the councillors consulted.

32.5               Councillor Peltzer Dunn welcomed the report in general, but questioned why Holmes Avenue and Nevill Avenue had not been included as part of the 20mph limit recommended in the vicinity of Blatchington Mill School.

32.6               The Road Safety Manager explained that the review was focussed on A and B Class roads only as instructed by the Department for Transport. He advised that there was an error in Appendix A, and that Recommendation 2 within the appendix was recommended for a speed limit reduction straight away (see 32.7(2)).

32.7               RESOLVED – That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the following recommendations were accepted:

(1)         That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm notes the Officer recommendations from the City Speed Limit Review as set out in Appendix A.

(2)         That the Cabinet Member for Transport & Public Realm approves the recommendations to proceed with speed limit reductions as set out in Appendix A, reference numbers 2,3,5,6,7,8 and 17, and approves the advertising of the necessary Traffic Regulations Order(s).