Issue - meetings

The local Area Conditions Officer and the Highways Officer will attend the meeting to provide an update on matters raised at previous committee meetings. Councillors and members of the public are invited to raise issues affecting local environment quality.

Highway Maintenance and Local Initiatives

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

The report requests the Area Committee to consider the introduction of a scheme on Balmoral Road, Heaton Moor.

The Area Committee is recommended to approve the scheme.

Officer Contact: Chris Pollitt 0161 474 5689 email: chris.pollitt@stockport.gov.uk

(a)  Peter Loughlin (Area Conditions Officer) attended the meeting to report on current issues and to answer questions from Councillors and members of the public in relation to environmental issues within the Heatons & Reddish area. The following issues were raised/comments made:-

• The removal of seven abandoned vehicles
• Notices issued in respect to five fly posting cases
• Work being undertaken in respect to fly tipping
• Non offensive and offensive graffiti cases.

RESOLVED - That Peter Loughlin be thanked for his attendance.

(b) Darren Meadowcroft and Alison Lesley (Highways Officers) attended the meeting to report on current issues and to answer questions from Councillors and members of the public in relation to highway issues within the Heatons & Reddish area. The following issues were raised/comments made:-

• Progress made in respect to the replacement of stolen grids
• Concerns were raised in respect to the condition and maintenance of speed humps and in particular the re-lining of the humps when weathered.

RESOLVED - That Darren Meadowcroft and Alison Lesley be thanked for their attendance and a report be submitted in respect to the maintenance schedule for the relining of speed humps to a future meeting of the Area Committee..

(c) Highway Maintenance and Local Initiatives

A representative of the Service Director (Place Management) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) requesting the Area Committee to give consideration to the introduction of a highway scheme on Balmoral Road, Heaton Moor.

RESOLVED - That the following be approved at an approximate cost of £600.00 for the Highway Maintenance and Local Initiatives delegated budget (Heatons North ward allocation):-

Balmoral Road

To provide and install a new wooden bench to the rear of the bus stop near to the junction of Thornfield Road, Heaton Moor.

The local Area Conditions Officer and the Highways Officer will attend the meeting to provide an update on matters raised at previous committee meetings. Councillors and members of the public are invited to raise issues affecting local environment quality.

(a) Peter Loughlin (Area Conditions Officer) attended the meeting to report on current issues and to answer questions from Councillors and members of the public in relation to environmental issues within the Heatons & Reddish area. The following issues were raised/comments made:-

• Problems of fly posting and fly tipping evident in all four wards but particularly a problem in the vicinity of industrial parks.
• Grafitti problems in Lancashire Hill subway.
• Flytipping at the entrance to Reddish Vale.

RESOLVED - That Peter Loughlin be thanked for his attendance.

(b) Sharon Darwin (Highways Officer) attended the meeting to report on current issues and to answer questions from Councillors and members of the public in relation to highway issues within the Heatons & Reddish area. The following issues were raised/comments made:-

• The inspection of link roads in the Heatons and Reddish area.
• The alleyway near to Wentworth Road.
• The trip hazard threshold of 25mm.
• Stolen grids and the timescale for their replacement.

RESOLVED - (1) That Sharon Darwin be thanked for her attendance.

(2) That the Executive Councillor (Transportation) and Service Director (Environment) be informed that the Area Committee was of the opinion that the current trip hazard threshold of 25mm is too high and request that consideration should be given to reducing this threshold.