The Area Committee considered an objection received to the proposal to introduce waiting restrictions on the junctions of Hempshaw Lane with Whalley Road and Garth Road, Offerton in order to improve safety. The Area Committee agreed that, notwithstanding the objection received, the Order be made as advertised.
The Area Committee considered a proposal to introduce a Traffic Regulation Order and tactile paving at the junctions of Hempshaw Lane with both Garth Road and Whalley Road, in order to assist vulnerable pedestrians and protect these facilities from parked cars and has approved the following, at a cost of £870 to be funded from the Area Committee’s Highway Maintenance and Traffic Management delegated budget (Offerton Ward allocation):-
Extend No Waiting at Any Time
Garth Road
Both sides from the southerly kerb line of Hempshaw Lane for distance of 7 metres in a southerly direction.
Whalley Road
Both sides from the southerly kerb line of Hempshaw Lane for distance of 5 metres in a southerly direction.
Hempshaw Lane
South side, from the easterly kerb line of Whalley Road for a distance of 5 metres in an easterly direction.
Not forming part of the Traffic Regulation Order, the construction of tactile pacing at the existing dropped crossings on Garth Road and Whalley Road.