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To confirm that the business of the meeting will take place in public. Minutes: |
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Hillside Road, Northwood Hills. Additional documents: Minutes: This petition item was rescheduled for a hearing on 29 May 2013, due to the unavailability of a sign language interpreter. |
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Lymington Drive and Lysander Road, Ruislip Minutes: Concerns, comments and suggestions raised at the meeting included the following:
A Ward Councillor spoke (giving apologies for the other 2 Ward Councillors who were otherwise engaged on Council business) and raised the following points:
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Longmead Road, Hayes Minutes: Concerns, comments and suggestions raised at the meeting included the following:
Two Ward Councillors spoke and raised the following points:
Councillor Burrows listened to the concerns of petitioners and responded to the points raised. Councillor Burrows stated that recommendation 2 would be revised to include a 24-hour, seven day traffic speed and volume survey in Longmead Road; and an additional recommendation (4) would be added, instructing officers to monitor traffic on the corners of each of the junctions.
It was noted that the traffic survey would be undertaken during term-time and officers would discuss the outcome before coming up with suggestions and discussing with petitioners and their Ward Councillors. It was noted that further evidence would be required before consideration could be given to reducing the speed limit to 20mph and highlighted that no Killed, Seriously Injured (KSI) evidence had been provided to substantiate a 20mph zone across the area.
Resolved – That the Cabinet Member:
1. Met and discussed with petitioners their concerns in detail and explored possible options ... view the full minutes text for item 18. |
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Grosvenor Avenue, Hayes Minutes: Two petition requests had been submitted. Concerns, comments and suggestions raised at the meeting (by the one petitioner that was present) in respect of these included the following:
A Metropolitan Police Local Safer Neighbourhood officer added that a new Policing Module was introduced on 24 June 2012, where Safer Neighbourhood Teams focused on clusters of wards in the Local Police areas, with each ward having its own dedicated police constable, but only one dedicated Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) which had resulted in a stretch in officers covering areas. Suggested that the problem in Grosvenor Avenue stemmed from cut-through speeding traffic, although generally, it was possible to have a two-way traffic flow in Grosvenor Avenue during the day; however, this was not the case during the evenings.
It was noted that a 12 weeks summer initiative had been introduced in the area (starting on the 3 June 2013) looking at all various issues (not just anti-social behaviour). It was considered that the outcome of this venture was likely to have a long term effect on some of the issues that had been raised by petitioners.
The Ward Councillors of the area spoke and raised the following points:
· Expressed concerns about the increase in the volume of traffic in Grosvenor Avenue and the issue of speeding in the road. · Expressed reservation about the Vehicle Activated Signs Programme, as suggested that motorists would ignore this after a period of time. · Suggested that there was also the issue of young people on mopeds speeding and carrying out ‘wheelies’ in the road and expressed great concerns about the dangers to young children living in the area. · Concurred with petitioners that Grosvenor Avenue was used as a cut through and that there had been an increase in the level of traffic. · Stated that in 2009, this issue had been raised with the Cabinet Member and a traffic survey had been undertaken regarding speeding vehicles speed in the area at the time. It highlighted that the problem occurred during the evenings, whilst there were no issues of speeding vehicles during the day time. · Urged the Cabinet Member that urgent action was needed to address the problem and that it was imperative for some form of traffic calming measure to be installed.
Councillor Burrows listened to the concerns of petitioners and responded to the points raised. It was noted that two traffic surveys had been undertaken in the area, in 2009 and 2012 when some high speeds had been recorded. However, Councillor Burrows advised that a certain percentage would need to be taken into account to establish whether the ... view the full minutes text for item 19. |