Issue - meetings
Radley - Kennington Road and Whites Lane - proposed pedestrian and cycle crossings and shared use footway / cycle track
Meeting: 23/02/2023 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Highway Management (Item 33)
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Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM 7).
To
seek approval of proposed crossings and cycle track.
Decision:
The Cabinet Member for Highway Management AGREED to approve
the following measures as advertised:
1) A new zebra crossing on Kennington Road;
2) A new raised parallel crossing on Kennington Road;
3) A new non-raised parallel crossing on Whites Lane; and
4) A new Shared-use footway/cycle track (to be approx. 3 metres wide) on the east side of Kennington Road, and the west side of Whites Lane.
Minutes:
The report presented responses to a consultation on a
proposal to introduce a number of pedestrian and pedal
cycle improvements on Kennington Road and Whites Lane in order to provide safe
and convenient facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.
The measures were being funded by the developers of housing
on adjacent land with particular focus of encouraging active travel by
occupants of this development, the measures would also benefit the many
existing pedestrian and cyclists including through the provision of a
convenient link through the development of the Sustrans
Route 5 linking Abingdon and Oxford
The Chair invited speakers to address the meeting and
responded to the points made in their statements.
Cllr Ley asked what the likely timescale for this plan was.
Officers explained that the legal process was still underway, and proposals
were early on in the design stage. They hoped that
work would start a year from now at the latest.
A key theme throughout the speakers’ statements was the
request for engagement and a coproduction approach to outstanding matters of
design. The Chair reiterated the importance of a collaborative coproduction
approach with Cyclox, CoHSAT
and local councillors.
The Chair was pleased that the scheme would be connected
further to the south and addressed the current missing link for cyclists
travelling between Abingdon and Oxford.
There was concern that this scheme would have a negative
impact on biodiversity, with the loss of verges on the eastern side to
facilitate the cycleway/footway. The hedges would not be lost but two highway
trees needed to be removed to facilitate the works. The Chair asked that the
project meet the County Council’s commitment to biodiversity net gain.
The Chair commended the scheme and its elements of
co-production.
The need for developments to deliver benefits for the site
itself and its neighbouring areas was always a challenge, but the Chair felt
this scheme achieved that.
The Cabinet Member APPROVED the following measures as
advertised:
a)
A new zebra crossing on Kennington Road
b)
A new raised parallel crossing on Kennington
Road
c)
A new non-raised parallel crossing on Whites
Lane
d)
A new shared-use footway/cycle track (to be
approximately 3 meters wide) on the east side of Kennington
road, and the west side of whites lane