Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration.

The report details measures that have been developed to mitigate the effects on traffic for the Gillbent Road area of Cheadle Hulme when the A6MARR is opened in late 2017.

The Area Committee is recommended to request that the Executive Councillor (Communities & Housing) gives approval to the following:-

·         The scheme elements as described in Section 2.1 of this report;

·         The statutory legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders as listed in the schedule and plan within Appendix C of this report; and

·         Subject to no objections being received within 21 days of the advertising date agree that the Orders can be made.

Officer contact: Sue Stevenson/ Nick Whelan on telephone number 0161 474 4351/4907 or email: sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk/ nick.whelan@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing measures that had been developed to mitigate the effects on traffic for the Gillbent Road area of Cheadle Hulme when the A6MARR was opened in late 2017.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         It was noted that the proposal to introduce a section of cycle lane on the western side of Gillbent Road had been removed from the final report following representations made by local members that the proposed measure would have limited benefit.

·         Concern was expressed that Section 5 of the report stated that “no subsequent comments received from the local councillors regarding the proposals” following an email being sent to them at the beginning of the consultation.  Ward councillors stated that this statement was factually incorrect and that upon receiving the email members had met with relevant officers to discuss the proposals in detail.  It was further stated that it was regrettable that such an inaccurate statement had been included within the report.

·         It was commented that the hours for a number of the time limited traffic regulation orders were too narrow.

RESOLVED - That the Executive Councillor (Communities & Housing) be recommended to give approval to the following:-

·         The scheme elements as described in Section 2.1 of the report;

·         The statutory legal advertising of the Traffic Regulation Orders as listed in the schedule and plan within Appendix C of the report; and

·         Subject to no objections being received within 21 days of the advertising date, the subsequent making of the Orders.