Issue - meetings
Oxford- A40 junction with Blandford Avenue and Davenant Road – proposed access restrictions and traffic calming measures
Meeting: 08/12/2022 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Highway Management (Item 87)
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Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM 5)
This report presents the responses to a consultation on proposed measures seeking to address concerns of local residents over the volume and speed of traffic using Blandford Avenue, Davenant Road and Sunderland Avenue (south side) to avoid delays on the A40, A4144 Woodstock Road and A4165 Banbury Road in north Oxford.
The Cabinet Member for Highway Management is RECOMMENDED:
a) Not to approve the proposed prohibition of entry from the A40 to the easternmost access of Sunderland Avenue (south side) and Blandford Avenue.
b) To approve in principle the traffic calming measures in Davenant Road as advertised subject to a further local consultation on the detailed design when resources are found to carry out the required design work.
Decision:
The Cabinet Member for Travel & Development Strategy RESOLVED:
a) Not to approve the proposed prohibition of entry from the A40 to the easternmost access of Sunderland Avenue (south side) and Blandford Avenue;
b) To approve in principle the traffic calming measures in Davenant Road as advertised subject to a further local consultation on the detailed design when resources are found to carry out the required design work; and
c) Officers be requested to consider the issues of HGV traffic, speeding and use of area as a ‘rat run’ as part of wider transport planning initiatives impacting upon the area.
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member received a report presenting responses to a consultation on proposed measures seeking to address concerns of local residents over the volume and speed of traffic using Blandford Avenue, Davenant Road and Sunderland Avenue (south side) to avoid delays on the A40, A4144 Woodstock Road and A4165 Banbury Road in north Oxford.
Councillor Enright invited speakers to address the meeting and responded to the points made.
Councillor Enright expressed support for the recommendations in the report. However it was considered that the issue of Heavy Goods Vehicles had been raised through the consultation and proposed an additional recommendation that this be considered as part of wider traffic initiatives for the area.
DECISION:
The Cabinet Member for Travel & Development Strategy RESOLVED:
a) Not to approve the proposed prohibition of entry from the A40 to the easternmost access of Sunderland Avenue (south side) and Blandford Avenue;
b) To approve in principle the traffic calming measures in Davenant Road as advertised subject to a further local consultation on the detailed design when resources are found to carry out the required design work; and
c) Officers be requested to consider the issues of HGV traffic, speeding and use of area as a ‘rat run’ as part of wider transport planning initiatives impacting upon the area.
Meeting: 17/11/2022 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Highway Management (Item 81)
Contact: Anthony Kirkwood, Principal Engineer - Traffic & Road Safety, 07392 318 871
Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM21).
This report presents the responses to a consultation on proposed measures seeking to address concerns of local residents over the volume and speed of traffic using Blandford Avenue, Davenant Road and Sunderland Avenue (south side) to avoid delays on the A40, A4144 Woodstock Road and A4165 Banbury Road in north Oxford.
The Cabinet Member for Highway Management is RECOMMENDED:
a) Not to approve the proposed prohibition of entry from the A40 to the easternmost access of Sunderland Avenue (south side) and Blandford Avenue.
b) To approve in principle the traffic calming measures in Davenant Road as advertised subject to a further local consultation on the detailed design when resources are found to carry out the required design work.
Decision:
The Cabinet Member for Highway Management agreed to defer this item as it was in his division and he was unable to arrange for another member of the Cabinet to take the Chair to make a decision on this item.
Minutes: