Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report sets out the proposed approach to the council’s commitment to roll out 20mph zones.

The Scrutiny Panel is recommended to note the report.

Officer contact: Jamie Birtles at jamie.birtles@stockport.gov.uk or Sue Stevenson on 0161 474 4351 or email sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the proposed approach to the council’s commitment to roll out 20mph zones.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         It was reported that approximately 30 per cent of residential roads had 20 mph speed restrictions within the borough.

·         The current policy was that, where the average speed on a residential road was less than 24 mph, a 20 mph speed limit could be imposed without traffic calming measures. For residential roads with average speeds over 20 mph, there was a need to explore appropriate funding avenues to install traffic calming measures.

·         It was important to have local buy-in to make 20 mph speed restrictions work, and it was also important to frame consultations around road safety.

·         Driving was a privilege, not a right and road users had a greater degree of responsibility when driving a car.

·         Two traffic counts on roads with 20 mph speed restrictions with and without traffic calming measures had recently been carried out and both were well under the threshold for speeding.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.