Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2017/098

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Report by Director for Infrastructure Delivery (CMDE5).

The request for the extension of the 20mph speed limit on the B4495 Windmill Road southward to include its full length was made in the course of the wider consultations on the Access to Headington. On 9 June 2016 the Cabinet Member for Environment resolved that officers carry out a formal consultation on this proposal. The report presents responses received in the course of a statutory consultation for that extension.

The Cabinet Member for Environment is RECOMMENDED to approve the proposals as advertised

Approved

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered CMDE5 responses received in the course of a statutory consultation for extending the 20mph speed limit on the B4495 Windmill Road southward to include its full length which had been promoted following the wider consultations on the Access to Headington scheme.

Councillor Roz Smith thanked officers for their work on this and the previous Cabinet Member for authorising the formal consultation.  Noting the police objection she pointed out the high level of local support which saw the proposal as a positive move towards improving safety particularly around Windmill School, the environment and encouraging greater pedestrian movement and cycling.

Mr Kirkwood confirmed the high levels of local support. With regard to the police objection it had to be noted that average speeds were within Department for Transport guidelines and that enforcement would be sporadic.

Noting the support of local councillors and the community the Cabinet Member for Environment recognised that lower speeds could be persuasive in the their own right and that that along with the efforts of police community support officers and an active community would lead to safety benefits.  Therefore having regard to the arguments and options set out in the report and the representations received at the meeting she confirmed her decision as follows:

to approve an extension of a 20 mph speed limit on the B4495 Windmill Road, Oxford southwards to include the full length of the road to its junction with Old Road as advertised.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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