Issue - meetings
Harwell: Grove Road and Other Roads - Proposed 20mph and Other Speed Limit Changes and Traffic Calming
Meeting: 03/06/2021 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Highway Management (Item 8)
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Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM9).
The report presents responses received to a statutory consultation on proposed 20mph and 40mph speed limits at Harwell. The proposals were subject to a previous consultation and approved at the Cabinet Member for Environment Delegated Decisions meeting on 17 September 2017 but the speed limit order was not made within the statutory 2-year period from the start of the previous consultation, thereby requiring a further consultation, although the speed limit signing itself has been installed.
Decision:
Approved
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Highway Management considered (CMDHM9) responses received to a statutory consultation on proposed 20mph and 40mph speed limits at Harwell. The proposals had been subject to a previous consultation and approved at the Cabinet Member for Environment Delegated Decisions meeting on 17 September 2017 but the speed limit order had not been made within the statutory 2-year period from the start of the previous consultation, thereby requiring a further consultation, although the speed limit signing itself had been installed.
Speaking in support of the speed reductions Councillor Sally Povolotsky was mindful of the comments by the police on enforcement but emphasised that Grove Road was a rat run. She asked if there was a timeline agreed for a consultation on a traffic calming scheme that it appeared that the developers had, in principle, agreed to fund and whether there were there plans for a marked route ideally a footway from the development to enable access for villagers to support local business outlets on the main road.
Officers advised that improvements as per the planning consent had been made so there was no obligation on the developer to do more, although some additional signing was being provided to address issues of pedestrian safety. Consultation on the revised traffic calming scheme would hopefully begin within the next few weeks but there were no further proposals for provision of a footway as part of this scheme.
The Cabinet Member for Highway Management thanked everyone for their contributions and having regard to those points and to the information set out in the report before him confirmed his decision as follows:
to approve the 20mph and 40mph speed limits as advertised.
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Cabinet Member for Highway Management
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