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Forward Plan Ref: 2021/007

Contact: Hugh Potter, Group Manager – Area Operations Hub Tel: 07766 998704/Mike Wasley, Principal Officer – Traffic Schemes Tel: 07393 001045

Report by Corporate Director, Environment and Place (CMDE7).

The report presents responses received to a statutory consultation on proposed traffic calming measures on the Ploughley Road at Ambrosden funding for which has been provided jointly by Oxfordshire County Council and Ambrosden Parish Council.

The Cabinet Member for Environment is RECOMMENDED to approve traffic calming measures on the Ploughley Road at Ambrosden as advertised.

Approved

The Cabinet Member for Environment considered (CMDE7) responses received to a statutory consultation on proposed traffic calming measures on the Ploughley Road at Ambrosden funding for which has been provided jointly by Oxfordshire County Council and Ambrosden Parish Council.

County Councillor Dan Sames highlighted the impact of speeding vehicles on  residents and it would only be a matter of time before a serious injury, possibly a fatality, occured within the village. Over the past 4 years he had worked with the Parish Council and county officers to bring about traffic calming to address this problem of vehicles travelling through at speed. These proposals would bring significant benefits to the village as traffic is slowed entering and leaving the village on the Ploughley Road and hopefully changing driver behaviour and the nature of the road from a long straight road with no obstructions to one where traffic naturally moved at lower speeds. The neighbouring village of Arncott had similar build outs which had seen a reduction of speed while allowing traffic to flow easily and the hope was that that would be replicated in Ambrosden. The build outs proposed had also been designed to minimise potential damage to vehicles. There was overwhelming support (70%) for these measures and even the majority of those that had objected acknowledged that some action was required to reduce speed.

The Cabinet Member noted written representations from Kathleen Cooper, Harry Meacher and Roy Seaward in support of the proposals.

The Cabinet Member for Environment endorsed the view that these proposals were long overdue and therefore having regard to the information set out in the report and the representations made to her at the meeting confirmed her decision as follows:

to approve traffic calming measures on the Ploughley Road at Ambrosden as advertised.

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Cabinet Member for Environment

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