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Oxford: B4495 Windmill Road - Proposed Extension of 20mph Speed Limit

Meeting: 21/05/2020 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Environment (including Transport) (Item 6)

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Forward Plan Ref: 2020/018

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Report by the Interim Director for Community Operations (CMDE6).

The Access to Headington project includes a package of measures aimed at:

a. encouraging greater use of more sustainable modes of transport - buses, cycling and walking

b. easing congestion on the route

c. improving bus journey times so buses have an advantage over general traffic

d. providing a safer, more continuous and attractive route for cyclists and pedestrians

e. reducing vehicle emissions and improve air quality.

f. Unlocking economic growth and job creation opportunities by benefiting development sites with improved access and additional capacity.

Following the first formal consultation on the project in 2016, a request to extend the 20mph speed limit – which currently applies only to the northernmost part of the road - to include the whole road was accepted, resulting in a formal consultation in 2017.That was then approved at the Cabinet Member for Environment meeting on 7 September 2017. However, due to delays in progressing the project a re-consultation was required due to it being beyond two years since the first formal consultation. The report considers the results of the re-consultation.

The Cabinet Member for the Environment is RECOMMENDED to approve the proposals as advertised but to include also the adjacent signalled junction of Windmill Road with The Slade and Old Road.

Decision:

Approved

Minutes:

As part of the Access to Headington project a request to extend the 20mph speed limit, which currently applied only to the northernmost part of Windmill Road, to include the whole road had been accepted, resulting in a formal consultation in 2017. That had then been approved at the Cabinet Member for Environment meeting on 7 September 2017. However, due to delays in progressing the project a re-consultation was required due to it being beyond two years since the first formal consultation. The report (CMDE6) considered the results of the re-consultation which had also included the adjacent signalled junction of Windmill Road with The Slade and Old Road.

Councillor Roz Smith had written advising that there was a lot of support for reducing vehicle speeds in Windmill Road and her delight that the 20mph speed limit had been recommended for agreement and she urged the Cabinet Member to support that recommendation.

Noting the objection from Thames Valley Police the Cabinet Member recognised that these proposals were being introduced county wide at the request of local councils and residents and there was strong local support here as well including the local member. Taking the view that his proposal could only improve safety and having regard to the information set out in the report before her and the representations made to her at the meeting confirmed her decision as follows:

to approve the proposals as advertised but to include also the adjacent signalled junction of Windmill Road with The Slade and Old Road.

Signed………………………………….

Cabinet Member for Environment

Date of signing…………………………

Meeting: 26/03/2020 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Environment (including Transport) (Item 11.)

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