AGENDA
Addenda (download as .pdf file)
1. Apologies for Absence and
Substitutions
2. Declarations of Interest – see guidance note
3. Minutes
To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 19 July 2007 (TD3) and to receive for information any matters arising therefrom.
4. Petitions and Public Address
The Committee is RECOMMENDED to approve the
implementation of the parking proposals along the Banbury Western Corridor as
shown on plans B025450B3300/B3301 and B3302 subject to authorising the Head of
Transport to resolve any concerns or comments resulting from the Road Safety
Audit process, should any arise.
In July 2006 the Oxford District Private Hire
Association (O&DPHA) wrote to the County Council requesting that Private
Hire Vehicles (PHVs) be granted access to bus lanes. This request was made on
the grounds that the cost to their passengers was more than the equivalent
journey for a Hackney carriage passenger. Hackney carriages currently have
access to bus lanes and are able therefore to pass queues during heavy traffic
periods where bus lanes are provided. The County Council, in its response,
accepted that the role of PHVs is similar to that of Hackney carriages but that
there concerns regarding identification of a PHV, due to its similarity to a
private car and enforcement of the bus lanes. At that time work was also
progressing on the proposal to introduce camera enforcement at the ‘bus gates’
in Oxford city centre. PHVs have been permitted through the ‘bus gates’ since
their introduction in 1999. O&DPHA were told that their request would be
reviewed when camera enforcement was extended to the bus lanes on the radial
routes into and out of Oxford.
The Committee is
RECOMMENDED to:
(a) agree to survey work
being undertaken to quantify the potential effect of permitting PHV access to
bus lane; and
(b) defer a decision on
permitting PHV access to bus lanes until March 2008 so that the survey work
referred to in a) can be considered.
7. Oxford, London
Road Corridor Improvements –
Progress
and
Consultation on Design
This
report details progress made on the design for the scheme, describes the
consultation that has taken place on the scheme in spring and summer 2007 and
the changes that are proposed to the design as a result.
The Committee is recommended to:
(a) authorise officers to proceed with the detailed design of
the scheme as consulted on but incorporating the suggested changes as a result
of that consultation as set out in Annex 6 to this report;
(b) approve the phasing of the scheme construction as Pullens
Lane to Osler Road during 2008/09
and Osler Road to Wharton Road during 2009/10;
(c) note that the elements of the approved design agreed with
Oxford Brookes as set out at Annex 3 to this report would need to be fully
funded by the university including a commuted sum towards their maintenance;
and
(d) authorise officers to promote and make any order necessary
for the safe operation of the scheme subject to any objections being reported
back to the Transport Decisions Committee.
8. Implementation of Bus Stop
Clearways on Premium
Bus
Route - Barton
Cabinet
Member: Transport
Forward
Plan Ref: 2007/165
Contact: Stuart Timms, Public Transport Development Team
(01865 815683)
Report
by Head of Transport (TD8).
The Committee is RECOMMENDED to agree installation of
bus stop clearways at Humfrey
Road and Barton Village Road bus stops as set out at Annex 1 to the report.
The Committee is RECOMMENDED:
(a) to authorise variations to the Oxfordshire County Council (Disabled Persons’ Parking Places – Oxford)
(Amendment) Order 20** as published in order to provide for:
(i) forty-six new DPPPs
in Abbey Road, Aldrich Road, Allam Street, Arnold Road, Balfour Road, Bath
Street, Bernwood Road, Blackbird Leys Road, Boundary Brook Road, Butterwort
Place, Cardinal Close, Cranham Street, Cross Street, Crotch Crescent, Cuddesdon
Way, Divinity Road, Ferry Pool Road, Fairacres Road, Gladstone Road, Hayfield
Road, Hendred Street (outside the Co-op funeral parlour), Holley Crescent,
Howard Street, Hurst Street, Jordan Hill Road, Liddell Road, Mather Road,
Magdalen Road, Marlborough Road, Masons Road, Old High Street, Osberton Road,
Peat Moors (2 DPPPs) Poulton Place (widening existing DPPP), Princes Street,
Rewley Road, Russell Street, Sandy Lane, Stratfield Road, St Mary’s Road, St
Thomas’ Street, Taverner Place (2 DPPPs), Ulfgar Road, and Weldon Road as
specified in this report;
(ii) formalisation of two
existing advisory DPPPs at Cowley
Road, Littlemore;
(iii) removal of
forty-two DPPPs in Abbey Road, Aston Street, Bartlemas Road, Barton Road (3
DPPPs), Campbell Road, Cardigan Street, Cavell Road, Chilswell Road, Claymond
Road, Copse Lane (2 DPPPs), Court Farm Road, Crotch Crescent, Divinity Road,
East Avenue (2 DPPPs), Gorse Leas, Hayfield Road, Henry Road, Hurst Street (2
DPPPs), Jordan Hill Road, Junction Road, Leafield Road, Leckford Road, Middle
Way, Milne Place, Pegasus Road, Plantation Road, Shelford Place, St Bernard’s
Road (3 DPPPs), Stratford Street (2 DPPPs), Temple Road, Tyndale Road, Vicarage
Road, Webbs Close, and Winchester Road;
(b) not to authorise
variations to the Oxfordshire County Council (Disabled Persons’ Parking
Places-Oxford)(Amendment)Order 20** as published in respect of:
(i) six new DPPPs in
Hendred street, Highfield Avenue, Hurst Street, Leiden Road, Quarry High Street
and Victor Street;
(ii) the removal of four
DPPPs in Harley Road, Leckford
Road, St Margaret’s Road
and Winchester Road.
The Committee is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) approve the making
of an 18 tonne weight restriction order over the railway bridge at Foxhall Road, Didcot; and
(b) authorise any works
necessary to implement the Order
The Committee is RECOMMENDED to:
(a) approve amendments
to waiting restrictions in Church
Road and High Street,
Wheatley as advertised; and
(b) authorise any works
necessary to implement the proposals.
Newbridge is a 750 year old bridge and scheduled
ancient monument carrying the A415 Abingdon to Witney road over the River
Thames and has been assessed as theoretically unable to carry any traffic
loading. In view of its historical status the bridge cannot be reconstructed or
strengthened. Therefore as an interim measure an 18 tonne weight restriction
has been imposed on the bridge which when combined with an increased frequency
inspection regime will be adequate to ensure public safety for the time being.
The 18 tonne limit currently permits use by all two-axle public transport
buses, but this limit could well need to be lowered further at relatively short
notice at some point in the future.
Given that the only practical long term strategy for
managing this particular weak bridge will be to remove all traffic from it
completely and, given that there are no other existing suitable alternative
crossings of the River Thames in the vicinity, it is essential that a scheme is
developed to provide a new crossing for the A415 in the vicinity of Newbridge
as soon as possible. Therefore Oxfordshire Highways has completed the first
stage of a scheme evaluation which has investigated all practical route options
and compared the relative impacts each is likely to have. This was a desk top
(Stage 1) study and included some fieldwork. The study has indicated that only one route corridor was for further
development as a second stage scheme. The report seeks approval for provision
of a single carriageway option and considers an opportunity to consider
purchasing adjoining land necessary to pursue that option.
The Committee is
RECOMMENDED to:
(a) approve the single
route corridor indicated on plan BNP1080/B3901 for the development of a
replacement bridge over the River Thames; and
(b) authorise the Head
of Transport in consultation with the Head of Property to enter into
negotiations with the landowner’s agent Cluttons to purchase the section of
land within the sale document referred to as Lot 6.
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