Agenda item - Items referred from Council

To consider the following matters referred from the meeting of Full Council 18 July 2013:

(a)               Petitions:

(i)                 Rochester Street- Resident parking (Councillor Duncan)

(ii)               Road safety on Davey Drive (Samantha Simson)

(iii)             Crossing on Brentwood Close (Councillor Rufus)

(a)               Petitions

(i)                 Rochester Street resident parking- Councillor Duncan

25.1         The petitioner did not attend the meeting to hear the response therefore it was provided in writing and is set out below:

“Thank you for your petition. In terms of the Bakers Bottom and Craven Vale area it was agreed by Committee in January following a Citywide Parking Review last year that this area would be put on the parking scheme priority timetable. Therefore, residents will be consulted on a resident parking scheme following your requests.

The proposal is to conduct parking surveys later in the year and then consult residents early next year with a questionnaire / plan / information pack sent to every address and staffed exhibitions in the area. If any proposal is agreed to be taken forward the intention is to operationally start a scheme next year”.

25.2         RESOLVED- That the petition be noted.

(ii)               Road Safety on Davey Drive- Samantha Simson

25.3         The petitioner did not attend the meeting to hear the response therefore it was provided in writing and is set out below. At the request of a member of the Committee, the response was read out at the meeting.

“I have recently visited the area and acknowledge the petitioner’s objective of creating a safer environment outside the St Josephs RC Primary School.

As you will be aware the council constructed new steps outside the school to improve and make the crossing point to the bus stop safer which is working well.

Following a further site visit with officers it has been concluded that removal of the disabled parking bays to introduce more keep clears would not provide any additional benefits and may in fact increase vehicle speeds on the approach due to drivers having a straight run through this stretch.

However, I’m pleased to inform you that school travel plan officers will be meeting the new head teacher shortly to discuss how best to tackle traffic issues brought about by poor driver behaviour”.

25.4         RESOLVED- That the petition be noted.

(iii)     Crossing on Brentwood Close- Councillor Rufus

25.5         The petitioner did not attend the meeting to hear the response therefore it was provided in writing and is set out below. At the request of a member of the Committee, the response was read out at the meeting.

“Thank you for your petition. The Council has a rolling annual programme of pedestrian crossing assessments, full details of which are published on the Council’s website.  Assessment of over 100 sites each year is undertaken methodically, and considers the road safety history of each location as well as the levels of traffic and pedestrian activity that exists at each site.  This information is supplemented by an appraisal of accessibility, amenity and physical conditions. This entire process has been before Council and approved as the most consistent way in which to manage requests for crossing facilities.

I propose that your requested location is passed to officers and added to the current programme for assessment”.

25.6         RESOLVED- That the petition be noted.