Agenda and minutes
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To confirm that the business of the meeting will take place in public. Minutes: RESOLVED – That all items will be considered in public. |
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To consider the report of the officers on the following petitions received. |
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7pm |
Additional documents: Minutes: Councillors Barker, Bridges and Jackson attended the meeting and spoke as Ward Councillors in support of the petition.
Concerns and suggestions raised at the meeting included the following:
Councillor Burrows listened to the concerns of the petitioner and responded to the points raised:
Councillor Burrows explained that the design of the chicanes was deliberately intended to reduce the speeds of traffic flows and the design had been employed with success throughout the United Kingdom. In this particular case, the accident data provided in the report including the findings from the Metropolitan Police illustrated that this design had been effective. The accident data in the report also stated that none of the accidents could be attributed to the over-runnable areas.
Discussion took place on the merits of removing the granite blocks and replacing them with tarmac or maintaining the current scheme. It was noted that when the original consultation took place and was reported to the Cabinet member in July 2006, 69% of respondents had been in favour of the scheme.
Cllr Burrows explained that officers would take into account the list of possible solutions provided by the lead petitioner but that he would need to assess all the information available, including any parking issues, before a final decision could be made as to whether to retain ... view the full minutes text for item 9. |
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7.30pm |
Ickenham Road, Ruislip - Petition Requesting Pay-And-Display Parking Bays Additional documents: Minutes: Councillors Crowe and Riley attended the meeting and spoke as Ward Councillors in support of the petition. Councillor Corthorne was unable to attend the meeting and sent his apologies.
Concerns and suggestions raised at the meeting included the following:
Councillor Burrows listened to the concerns of the petitioner and responded to the points raised:
Councillor Burrows agreed that a reassessment of parking provision in Ickenham Road would be a useful exercise and assured the petitioner that all the businesses in Ickenham Road would be consulted. He explained that officers would be tasked with conducting a feasibility and impact assessment and that part of this process would involve looking at looking at traffic plans and traffic flows at different times of the day to ascertain robust data.
RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member:
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8pm |
North Road, West Drayton - Petition Requesting A Resident Permit Parking Scheme Additional documents: Minutes: Councillors Bull and MacDonald attended the meeting and spoke as Ward Councillors in support of the petition.
Concerns and suggestions raised at the meeting included the following:
Councillor Burrows listened to the concerns of the petitioner and responded to the points raised:
Councillor Burrows agreed that in this particular case the inclusion of nearby roads into a parking management scheme had caused a degree of displaced parking which had affected North Road.
RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member:
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8pm |
Longford Gardens, Hayes - Petition Requesting 'Keep Clear' Road Markings Additional documents: Minutes: No Ward Councillors attended the meeting.
Concerns and suggestions raised at the meeting included the following:
Councillor Burrows listened to the concerns of the petitioner and responded to the points raised:
Councillor Burrows explained the Council had no jurisdiction over the speed limit on Uxbridge Road as this was controlled by Transport for London (TfL). If the Council wished to reduce the speed on this road then representations would need to made to TfL which could be a protracted process. With reference to the two accidents mentioned in the officer report, Cllr Burrows explained that this was so as only two had been formally reported to the Police. In relation to the length of bus stops on the Uxbridge Road, officers explained that these had been lengthened to enable buses to deploy ramps so that disabled users could use Public Transport and to ensure they were compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act.
To address the concerns raise at the meeting, Cllr Burrows asked officersinvestigate the feasibility to introduce “Keep Clear” road markings or ayellow box junction marking at the junction of Uxbridge Road and Longford Gardens under the Road Safety Programme. He explained that the Council’s feasibility study would involve officers taking photographs and recording traffic follows at different times of the day to build an accurate picture of road usage at the junction concerned. Officers would then report back to him and present a number of possible options before a final decision was taken.
RESOLVED: That the Cabinet Member:
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