Decision details

Oxford Road Area Study: Additional Proposals for Statutory Consultation

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

Further to Minute 79 of the meeting held on 8 March 2018, the Director of Environment and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report asking the Sub-Committee to approve a statutory consultation on revised proposals for Oxford Road, following a safety audit, which would provide additional benefits to the flow of buses toward the Norcot Road and Bedford Road junction approaches.  Drawings of the revised corridor proposals for safety audit and statutory consultation were attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The report noted that approval had been granted for bus lane improvements along Oxford Road at the March 2018 meeting (Minute 79 refers); however, officers had been working to consider further measures to address other key areas, particularly the improvement of bus journey times at the Bedford Road junction and toward the Norcot Road roundabout.  The proposals set out at Appendix 1 would achieve this through the reallocation of existing road space, or by minor adjustments to the road alignment.  Where these adjustments had been considered necessary, officers had sought to design the scheme in a way that minimised the extent of these works to ensure that they were cost effective, relative to the anticipated benefits.  The improvements to bus lanes would also provide additional areas for cycling outside of the general traffic lanes. 

The report also summarised other measures being considered within the wider Oxford Road corridor study including wider use of 20mph speed limits in narrow residential streets and lowering the speed limit of Portman Road, Cow Lane and Richfield Avenue to 30mph.

Resolved –

(1)     That the report be noted;

(2)     That the revised proposals in Appendix 1 proceed to safety audit and statutory consultation;

(3)     That the Head of Legal and Democratic Services be authorised to carry out the statutory consultation and advertise the proposals in accordance with the Local Authorities Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996;

(4)     That subject to no objections being received, the Head of Legal and Democratic Services be authorised to make the Traffic Regulation Order;

(5)     That any objections received during the statutory consultation be submitted to a future meeting;

(6)     That the Head of Transportation and Streetcare, in consultation with the appropriate Lead Councillor be authorised to make minor changes to the proposals;

(7)     That no public enquiry be held into the proposals;

(8)     That public drop-in events be held in addition to the statutory consultation.

Publication date: 07/02/2019

Date of decision: 10/01/2019

Decided at meeting: 10/01/2019 - Traffic Management Sub-Committee

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