Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report seeks Cabinet Member approval for an experimental prohibition of motor vehicles traffic regulation order on Hartington Road, High Lane.

The Area Committee is asked to consider and recommend that the Cabinet Member for Highways Parks and Leisure Services gives approval to the following Experimental Order:

Prohibition of Motor Vehicles

Hartington Road, High Lane - Both directions, from its junction with Park Road for a distance of 7 meters in a westerly direction.

Officer contact: Eraina Smith 01614744911 | eraina.smith@stockport.gov.uk   

A representative of the Strategic Head of Service & Monitoring Officer (Legal & Democratic Governance) submitted a report of the Director of Place Management (copies of which had been circulated) seeking approval for an experimental prohibition of motor vehicles traffic regulation order on Hartington Road, High Lane.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Members questioned whether the trial would use ongoing visual observations across the whole scheme, or just the usual traffic monitoring in one spot. It was commented that automatic traffic counts would be relied on for data in general, but that Members could request other forms of monitoring that they feel would be useful.

·         Members advised that they would contact officers to suggest particular areas that need to be monitored.

·         Overall, Members were supportive of the trial as a means to solve traffic regulation issues on Hartington Lane, as well as to provide an evidence base for whether this type of scheme could be effective in other areas.

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member for Highways, Parks & Leisure Services be recommended to approve the following Experimental Order:-

Prohibition of Motor Vehicles

Hartington Road, High Lane - Both directions, from its junction with Park Road for a distance of 7 meters in a westerly direction.