Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Service Director (Place Management)

The report informs the Area Committee of the proposal to introduce two speed tables at Bean Leach Road and seek approval to proceed with the implementation of the traffic management scheme and associated Traffic Regulation Orders subject to the completion of a public consultation exercise.

The Area Committee is requested to approve the implementation of the two speed tables and the introduction of the associated Traffic Regulation Order detailed in Appendix 2 subject to the completion of a public consultation exercise.

Officer contact: Georgina Summers, 0161 474 4853, Georgina.summers@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Service Director (Place Management) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) inviting the Area Committee to agree to introduce two speed tables and associated Traffic Regulation Orders at Bean Leach Road in order to improve safety for pedestrians and users of the recently refurbished playground on Bean Leach Road.

Councillors expressed concerns that the cost of the works was to be funded from Playbuilder funding which some members believed would be better spent in parks.

RESOLVED – (1) That the implementation of the two speed tables and the following associated Traffic Regulation Order be approved in principal, subject to public consultation:

Proposed Speed Tables – 75 mm high

Bean Leach Road

From a point 136 metres north of the northerly kerb line of Overton Crescent in a northerly direction for a distance of 4.5 metres.

From a point 77 metres north of the northerly kerb line of Overton Crescent in a northerly direction for a distance of 4.5 metres.

(2) That approval in principal be given to the £12,000 required to fund the scheme being met from Playbuilder funding, subject to confirmation that the funding is ring-fenced for this scheme and cannot be used for any other purpose, and confirmation of the total cost of the scheme.

(3) That, should the Playbuilder funding identified for this scheme not be ring-fenced, the Executive Councillor (Economic Development & Regeneration) be recommended to consider funding the project from highway capital resources in view of the clear need for speed mitigation measures.