Decision details

To approve the provision of raised entry treatments in Thorncliffe Road and Beechcroft Road at their junctions with Woodstock Road and Banbury Road

The Committee considered a scheme which proposed introduction of raised entries in Beechcroft Road and Thorncliffe Road.

Ted Dewan presented a petition containing 100 signatures in the following terms:

“We the undersigned voters and residents of Beech Croft and Thorncliffe Roads, ask the Council to improve their proposed raised table design to clarify pedestrian priority at the junctions of Beech Croft and Thorncliffe Roads with the Woodstock and Banbury Roads.”

He considered that the current design to install plain tarmac raised tables would undermine priority afforded to pedestrians who had started to cross the road and asked for consideration to be given to changing the surface specification to brick.

Councillor Fooks shared those concerns and supported calls for a change in the surface specification.

Mr Rossington agreed that there would be benefits to be gained from providing a different surface but there would be an additional cost involved.

RESOLVED: to authorise implementation of the raised entry features at each location as proposed in the report TDC10 subject to the Head of Transport being authorised to agree suitable materials in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Transport Implementation.