Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report details a proposal for the trial of a Prohibition to motor vehicles along Hartington Road, High Lane following concerns regarding the amount of traffic using Hartington Road as a rat run to avoid traffic on the A6 Buxton Road

The Area Committee is recommended to give approval to the the trial of a Prohibition to motor vehicles along Hartington Road, High Lane at a cost of £6,500 to be funded from the Area Committee’s Delegated Budget (Marple South & High Lane ward allocation).

Officer contact: Eraina Smith on 0161 474 4911 or email: eraina.smith@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report detailing a proposal for the trial of a prohibition to motor vehicles along Hartington Road, High Lane following concerns regarding the amount of traffic using Hartington Road as a rat run to avoid traffic on the A6 Buxton Road.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Members suggested that there could be joint officer work along with Cheshire East Council so as to better understand where the traffic issues along Hartington Road were stemming from.

·         Members questioned whether, in the event that the costs of the trial surpassed £6,500, the item would return to Area Committee for approval of further funding. It was confirmed that this would be the case, and that officers would endeavour to keep the costs below £6,500.

·         It was questioned how residents would access their homes by car during the trial. It was commented that separate access points to the road would be available along different points of the A6.

·         Overall, Members supported the work being done as local residents had consistently requested action on traffic volumes along Hartington Road.

RESOLVED – That approval be given to the trial of a Prohibition to motor vehicles along Hartington Road, High Lane at a cost of £6,500 to be funded from the Area Committee’s Delegated Budget (Marple South & High Lane ward allocation).