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Oxford: First Turn – proposed humped zebra crossing

Meeting: 08/09/2022 - Delegated Decisions by Cabinet Member for Highway Management (Item 42)

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Forward Plan Ref: 2022/101

Contact: Julian Richardson, Senior Engineer, 07825 052736

 

Report by Corporate Director Environment & Place (CMDHM7).

 

This report presents responses received to a statutory consultation on a proposal to introduce a raised zebra crossing on First Turn as a result of adjacent development. This proposal replaces a previous proposal for a zebra crossing not incorporating a flat top road hump, which was approved – together with other allied measures – at the Cabinet Member for Highway Management decisions meeting on 26 May 2022.

 

The Cabinet Member for Highway Management is RECOMMENDED to approve as advertised a raised Zebra crossing at First Turn south of its junction with Mere Road.

 

Decision:

The Cabinet Member for the Highway Management AGREED to approve as advertised a raised Zebra crossing at First Turn south of its junction with Mere Road.

Minutes:

This report presented responses received to a statutory consultation on a proposal to introduce a raised zebra crossing on First Turn as a result of adjacent development. This proposal replaced a previous proposal for a zebra crossing not incorporating a flat top road hump, which was approved together with other allied measures, at the Cabinet Member for Highway Management decisions meeting on 26 May 2022.

 

Councillor Gant commented that he was satisfied with officers’ responses to concerns and objections raised during the consultation remarking that the extent of the zig zags for the crossing would be reviewed.

 

The proposals would help facilitate walking and the safe movement of traffic.

 

DECISION

 

The Cabinet Member for the Highway Management AGREED to approve as advertised a raised Zebra crossing at First Turn south of its junction with Mere Road.