Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director for Place Management.

The report details the findings of a consultation exercise for the Road Safety around Schools scheme for Mersey Primary School and to seek approval for the introduction of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) and associated signage; implementation of dropped kerbs with tactile paving; pencil bollards; and road markings.

The Area Committee is asked to approve the legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders in Appendix A and subject to no objections being received within 21 days from the advertisement date, the orders can be made

Officer contact: Gillian Kidd, 0161 474 4848 or by email at gillian.kidd@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Assistant Director for Legal & Democratic Governance submitted a report of the Director for Place Management (copies of which had been circulated) detailing the findings of a consultation exercise for the Road Safety around Schools scheme for Mersey Primary School and to seek approval for the introduction of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) and associated signage; implementation of dropped kerbs with tactile paving; pencil bollards; and road markings.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·       Members welcomed the report and thanked officers for their efforts.

·       Concern was expressed relating to the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.

·       Members stated that the lack of discussion on the item should not negate from the work that had been done leading up to the report being submitted.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the package of measures detailed in Section 3 of the report and the legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Order set out in Appendix A and shown on Drawing No. 0305/69/MV/002 of the report, and subject to no objections being received within 21 days from the advertisement date, the subsequent making of the orders to be funded from the Road Safety around Schools programme budget allocation.