Issue - meetings

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

Following a request from the Friends of South Park, a scheme has been developed to provide a Toucan crossing on Grove Lane, close to the junction with Gillbent Lane, which will require the relocation of the eastbound bus stop.  Local consultation indicates a mixed response to this proposal, but it is considered that the improved pedestrian and cycle facilities would represent a significant improvement in amenity.

The Area Committee is asked to comment on this report and recommend that the Executive Councillor (Communities & Housing) approves the following:

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

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

(NOTE: The Chair was of the opinion that this item, although not include don the agenda, should be considered as a matter of urgency in accordance with Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 in order the proposed Orders could be implemented in sufficient time prior to the opening of the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road.)

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to provide a Toucan crossing on Grove Lane, close to the junction with Gillbent Lane, which would require the relocation of the eastbound bus stop.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         It was suggested that the proposed location for the crossing was not ideal and that it should be located nearer to South Park and Manchester Rugby Club.  In response it was stated that due to the number of access points onto the road in the immediate vicinity, it was not possible to implement a controlled crossing at another location

·         Consideration should be given to the signalisation of the roundabout at the junction of Grove Lane/ Gillbent Road/ Stanley Road. It was suggested that it may be difficult to introduce a signalised junction at this location which would also allow pedestrian movements while making improvements to the flow of traffic.

RESOLVED – (1) That the Executive Councillor (Communities & Housing) be recommended to give 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

·         That subject to no objections being received within 21 days of the advertising date agree the subsequent making of the Orders.

(2) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to investigate the feasibility of the signalisation of the roundabout at the junction of Grove Lane/ Gillbent Road/ Stanley Road.