A report providing the Sub-Committee with officer recommendations in response to the written petition requesting the Council introduce a pedestrian crossing on Wokingham Road, near to the Hamilton Road bus stop.

Further to Minute 6(A) of the previous meeting, the Sub-Committee considered a report that provided officer recommendations in response to the petition that requested the Council to introduce a pedestrian crossing on Wokingham Road, near to the Hamilton Road bus stop. 

The report explained that currently there was no allocated funding for the development and delivery of the pedestrian crossing.  Officers acknowledged the concerns that had been raised and the requested changes appeared appropriate for the location, based on the high level review that had been carried out to date.  The report therefore proposed that a new entry be made on the next update of the Requests for Traffic Management Measures report which was expected to be submitted to the next meeting on 26 November 2025.  It was also suggested that the entry was for a proposed pedestrian crossing facility on Wokingham Road near the Hamilton Road bus stop, which would be investigated and consulted on when funding was allocated.  Scheme development would only commence once funding had been identified, when it would be programmed around other scheme development priorities.

Resolved –

(1)      That the report be noted;

(2)      That a new entry onto the ‘Requests for Traffic Management Measures’ report to reflect the receipt of this petition and the requested measures be agreed;

(3)      That the lead petitioner be informed of the decisions of the Sub-Committee, following publication of the agreed minutes of the meeting;

(4)      That no public inquiry be held into the proposals.