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Forward Plan Ref: 2021/140

Contact: Tim Shickle, Group Manager – Traffic & Road Safety Tel: 07920 591545 / Mike Horton, Technical Officer (Traffic Schemes South) Tel: 07912 474356

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM9).

The report presents responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce a 20mph speed limit within Aston Rowant village and traffic calming build-outs on the B4009 Chinnor Road to help facilitate walking and cycling within the village and safe movement of traffic.

The Cabinet Member for Environment is RECOMMENDED to approve as advertised a 20mph speed limit within Aston Rowant village and traffic calming build-outs on the B4009 Chinnor Road as advertised.

Approved

The Cabinet Member for Highway Management considered (CMDHM9) responses received to a statutory consultation to introduce a 20mph speed limit within Aston Rowant village and traffic calming buildouts on the B4009 Chinnor Road to help facilitate walking and cycling within the village and safe movement of traffic.

Matthew Day referred to the high number of vehicles coming into the village from the Chinnor direction from junction 6 of the M40 much of which travelled at high speed.  Aston Rowant parish council had taken numerous steps to slow that traffic down with varying degrees of success including the removal of white lines from the middle of the road, VAS signing, rumble strips and signing changed on the M40 to prevent HGVs using unsuitable routes through the village.  In truth these had not been particularly successful with 20 plus accidents over the last few years and 85^th percentile speed remaining high at 41 mph at the entrance to the village. The parish council were determined to change this and saw the double build out chicane as a very effective measure as a similar one had been installed at Kingston Blount and although there had been concerns raised these had been addressed in the report. The priority here was the need to reduce speed and he asked the Cabinet Member to approve both elements of the scheme and support the wishes of local residents.

The Cabinet Member noted a written representation from County Councillor kate Gregory supporting the proposals.

Acknowledging the efforts of the parish council over many years to improve the situation the Cabinet Member recognised that it was obvious the area was blighted by speeding traffic. He accepted that the measures as proposed appeared sensible to address that and he hoped that they proved to be effective and therefore, having regard to the information set out in the report and the representations made to him at the meeting including the support of the local member confirmed his decision as follows:

to approve as advertised a 20mph speed limit within Aston Rowant village and traffic calming buildouts on the B4009 Chinnor Road as advertised.

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Cabinet Member for Highway Management

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