Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report sets out the findings of a consultation exercise for the Integrated Transport Block funded 20 mph speed limit for a residential estate to the south of Dean Lane, Hazel Grove.

The Area Committee is requested to recommend that the Cabinet Member for Parks, Highways & Transport Services gives approval to a 20mph speed limit on Wensley Drive, Malton Drive, Elton Drive, Hartington Drive, Longnor Road, Bradwell Road, Ripley Close, Matlock Drive, Sheldon Road, Sudbury Road, Belvoir Avenue and Winsfield Road in Hazel Grove and the legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders contained in Appendix B to 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 Government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) Integrated Transport Block fund.

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

A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the findings of a consultation exercise for the Integrated Transport Block funded 20 mph speed limit for a residential estate to the south of Dean Lane, Hazel Grove.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Members noted that some objections to this scheme had been raised during the consultation, however the majority of respondents had ‘strongly agreed’ with the implementation of the scheme.

·         It was noted that this scheme would be funded by central government.

RESOLVED – That the Cabinet Member for Parks, Highways & Transport Services be recommended to give approval to a 20mph speed limit on Wensley Drive, Malton Drive, Elton Drive, Hartington Drive, Longnor Road, Bradwell Road, Ripley Close, Matlock Drive, Sheldon Road, Sudbury Road, Belvoir Avenue and Winsfield Road in Hazel Grove and the legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders contained in Appendix B to 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 Government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) Integrated Transport Block fund.