Issue - meetings

Forward Plan Ref: 2018/060

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Report by Director for Infrastructure Delivery (CMDE7).

The report presents responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce a 30mph speed limit in place of the existing 40mph limit on the A361 at the east end of the A361 at Shipton under Wychwood which have been put forward by Shipton-under-Wychwood Parish Council in response to concerns over road safety and the wider adverse impact of traffic on residents and visitors to the village.

The Cabinet Member for the Environment is RECOMMENDED to approve the introduction of a 30mph speed limit in place of the existing 40mph limit on the A361 at the east end of the A361 at Shipton under Wychwood as advertised.

Approved.

Officers also asked to investigate possible provision of additional road markings at the station end of the proposed limit as an additional visual aid to advise drivers of the approaching speed restriction.

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered CMDE7 responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce a 30mph speed limit in place of the existing 40mph limit on the A361 at the east end of the A361 at Shipton under Wychwood which have been put forward by Shipton-under-Wychwood Parish Council in response to concerns over road safety and the wider adverse impact of traffic on residents and visitors to the village.

Thanking officers for their work on the proposal Councillor Leffman referred to an issue concerning the police response regarding enforcement and pointed out that a local speed watch group would actively apply the restriction.  The A361 was a very busy road and there was a great deal of local support for this initiative. She then asked if consideration could be given to increasing the visual impact of the restriction at the station end of the proposed limit by providing road markings in addition to the proposed signing as an added visual aid to advise drivers of the approaching speed restriction.

Noting an additional email from Shipton-under-Wychwood parish council in support of the proposal the Cabinet Member asked officers to investigate whether funding could be found to provide additional lining as suggested by the local member.  Having regard to that issue together with the information set out in the report and representations made to her at the meeting the Cabinet Member confirmed her decision as follows:

to approve the introduction of a 30mph speed limit in place of the existing 40mph limit on the A361 at the east end of the A361 at Shipton under Wychwood as advertised.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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