Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The reports outlines a request received by Traffic Services from the Highway Ward Spokesperson for the Bredbury Green & Romiley Ward to investigate safety concerns. It had been reported that vehicles are parking on School Brow, obscuring visibility when exiting the Peak Bank junction. The report also outlines the findings of a consultation exercise and seeks approval for the introduction of a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).

The Area Committee is requested to recommend that the Cabinet Member for Highways, Parks and Leisure Services gives approval to the legal advertising of the following Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) and, subject to the receipt of no objections within 21 days of the advertisement date, the subsequent making of the orders at a cost of £1,100 to be funded from the Area Committee’s Delegated Budget (Bredbury Green and Romiley Ward allocation): -

Revoke Existing Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) – ‘No Waiting At Any Time’

School Brow, Bredbury - North East Side

From the intersection of the southern kerb line of Peak Bank for a distance of 10 metres in a south easterly direction

Proposed Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) – ‘No Waiting at Any Time’

School Brow, Bredbury - North East Side:

From the intersection of the southern kerb line of Peak Bank for a distance of 17 metres in a south easterly direction

Officer Contact: Gemma Brady by email at gemma.brady@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the findings of an investigation carried out by the Traffic Services into safety concerns. It had been reported that vehicles were parking on School Brow, obscuring visibility when exiting the Peak Bank junction. The report also outlined the findings of a consultation exercise and sought approval for the introduction of a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).

The following comments were made/ issues raised:

·         Members noted that the restrictions that were currently in place had been successful, and residents had approached the council to ask that they be further extended.

·         It was noted that a resolution to the safety concerns at this location was not straightforward.

·         Residents on the opposite side of School Brow had struggled to get on and off their drives because parked vehicles had been displaced.

·         It was commented that the extension of No Waiting At Any Time restrictions along the length of School Brow would leave one side of the road free from obstruction at may potentially lead to faster moving traffic and increased danger for residents exiting their driveways.

·         It was suggested that should the proposed measures be approved, both the speed and volume of traffic on School Brow should be measured with a Speed Indictor Device both up and downhill.

RESOLVED – (1) That the Cabinet Member for Highways, Parks and Leisure Services be recommended to give approval to the legal advertising of the following Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) and, subject to the receipt of no objections within 21 days of the advertisement date, the subsequent making of the orders at a cost of £1,100 to be funded from the Area Committee’s Delegated Budget (Bredbury Green and Romiley Ward allocation):-

Revoke Existing Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) – ‘No Waiting At Any Time’

School Brow, Bredbury - North East Side:

From the intersection of the southern kerb line of Peak Bank for a distance of 10 metres in a south easterly direction

Proposed Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) – ‘No Waiting at Any Time’

School Brow, Bredbury - North East Side:

From the intersection of the southern kerb line of Peak Bank for a distance of 17 metres in a south easterly direction

(2) That the Director of Place Management be recommended to undertake monitoring of the impact of the traffic regulation orders following their introduction to ensure that they had not resulted in the displacement of parking, an increase in the speed of traffic or other such unintended consequences.