Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report details the findings of a consultation exercise in relation to the proposed provision of a new Puffin Crossing on Turves Road in Cheadle Hulme to help improve the safety of the public while crossing Turves Road.

The Area Committee is requested to:-

1)    Recommend that the Cabinet Member for Economy & Regeneration approves the implementation of the crossing scheme (Henley Avenue – Eastings Close), as shown on the revised proposals drawing (Drawing. No. F/5210/07/TR/001 Rev C) in Appendix B, and to progress the establishment notice via Legal Services (as described within Appendix A).

2)    Recommend that, should the location at Henley Avenue / Eastings Close be deemed unbuildable within allocated budget and / or timetable due to the cost and / or delays of utilities diversions, Members agree for a consultation exercise be carried out for the alternative location at Cheviot Avenue and the results are presented to Members via email with a recommendation that the Cabinet Member approves the scheme, including any associated Traffic Regulation Orders.

Officer contact: Nick Whelan on 0161 474 4907 or email: nick.whelan@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Director Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the findings of a consultation exercise in relation to the proposed provision of a new Puffin Crossing on Turves Road in Cheadle Hulme to help improve the safety of the public while crossing Turves Road.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Members welcomed the report and the action being taken at this location and requested an update as soon as possible once work had begun so that residents could be updated.

·         Ward Members welcomed this report as it had been requested for some time. It was noted that a near-miss accident had led to the pressure from residents to improve crossing accessibility.

·         Members expressed concern with the second request in the report and asked that, should there be any issue with the proposed site, this should be reported directly to Ward Members rather than to immediately launch a consultation for a secondary site.

·         It was commented that the secondary site that had been proposed, was due to the limits on the funding that necessitated the spending of the funds within the current financial year.

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member for Economy & Regeneration be recommended to give approval to the implementation of the crossing scheme (Henley Avenue – Eastings Close), as shown on the revised proposals drawing (Drawing. No. F/5210/07/TR/001 Rev C) in Appendix B, and to progress the establishment notice via Legal Services (as described within Appendix A).