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Hampshire County Council Fareham Highway and Transport Advisory Panel 23 September 2004 Fareham Borough Council Traffic Management Report of the Director of Planning and Transportation, |
Item 8 |
Contact: Andy Viccars, tel 01329 824591 email: [email protected]
1. Summary
1.1 This report considers the traffic management programme for 2004/05 to be undertaken by Fareham Borough Council.
2. Introduction
2.1 The Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) and Traffic Investigation Programmes are considered by the Fareham Borough Council Executive after consultation with County Council officers. The programmes for 2004/05 were approved in January.
3. Traffic Regulation Orders
3.1 The funding allocation for 2004/05 is £13,000 for routine TROs. Based on current resource levels, approximately 12 Orders can be implemented each year, one normally being the next phase of the agreed programme for introducing `No Parking on Grass Verges'. These sites are set out in Appendix 1. It is anticipated that a number of the sites can be grouped together to form a `Various Roads' Order.
3.2 Additional TROs will be processed during 2004/05 as a result of investigations carried out by the Casualty Reduction Partnership.
3.3 Temporary road closures and diversions for roadworks, including works carried out by the public utility companies, are now processed by the Borough Council. The temporary closures are processed on request and include closures requiring an Order, those that can be dealt with by site notices and emergency closures.
4. Traffic Investigations
4.1 The Market Quay development is almost complete, with the first units now open to the public. It is anticipated that the development will be fully open by Easter 2005. Involvement in the completion and handing over of the car park, cycleway, footway and taxi rank has resulted in minor delays to the traffic investigations programme.
4.2 Funding is released by the County Council for specific schemes through the Hampshire Local Transport Plan (LTP) and from developer contributions. District Councils have been asked to continue providing assistance to deliver schemes from the LTP programme. These schemes have therefore been included in Fareham's programme, in addition to the normal programme of traffic investigations.
4.3 The 2004/05 traffic investigations programme includes ongoing schemes from 2003/04 and is set out in Appendix 2.
Recommendation
That this report be noted.
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APPENDIX 1
LIST OF TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS 2004/05
SUGGESTED PRIORITY |
SITE |
DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION |
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1 |
Stubbington Village Centre |
Member request for additional disabled parking bays |
To be implemented September 2004 |
2 |
West Street Fareham North |
Request from Southern Focus Trust, 235 West Street for a disabled bay to be provided at Maytree Road. |
September 2004 |
3 |
Castle Street Portchester East |
Member request for waiting restrictions at junction with White Hart Lane Justification: Accident, pedestrian/cyclist safety, obstruction to visibility |
Implemented August 2004 |
4 |
Highlands Road/Oak Road Fareham West |
Member request for waiting restrictions at junction Justification: Accidents, obstruction to visibility |
Implemented August 2004 |
5 |
Locks Road/Heath Road Locks Heath |
Member request to investigate on-street parking at junction Justification: Accidents, pedestrian/cycle safety, obstruction to visibility |
Implemented August 2004 |
6 |
Harlequin Grove Fareham West |
Request by member of public for waiting restrictions Justification: Accidents, pedestrian/cyclist safety, obstruction to visibility |
Implemented August 2004 |
7 |
Chapel Road Sarisbury |
Member request to investigate on-street parking by Church Hall Justification: Pedestrian safety, obstruction to visibility, access to emergency vehicles, congestion |
Advertised August 2004 |
8 |
Cams Hill and Wallington Shore Road Portchester West Fareham East |
Requests by Police for limited waiting in Cams Hill and by Village Trust to investigate on-street parking in Wallington Shore Road Justification: Obstruction to visibility, access to emergency vehicles |
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9 |
Highlands Road Fareham North West |
Member request for waiting restrictions in vicinity of Somerfield store Justification: Cycle safety, obstruction to visibility |
Implemented August 2004 |
10 |
Funtley Road/The Waters Fareham North |
Request from public for waiting restrictions Justification: Obstruction to visibility Request to review speed limit by Roebuck Avenue |
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11 |
Foy Gardens Warsash |
Request by member of public for waiting restrictions at junction Justification: Restricted access into Garden Mews (opposite) |
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12 |
Allotment Road Sarisbury |
Request from member of public for waiting restrictions by park entrance Justification: Pedestrian safety |
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13* |
Hook Park Road Warsash |
Member request for 30 mph speed limit |
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14 |
Bishopsfield Road (Southern end) Fareham South |
Request by members of public for waiting restrictions at southern end Justification: traffic congestion |
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15 |
Belvoir Close/ Elmhurst Road Fareham South |
Request from member of public to review waiting restrictions Justification: Congestion |
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16 |
Newtown Portchester East |
Request from member of public for waiting restrictions on bend due to commuter parking Justification: visibility on bend |
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17* |
Hunts Pond Road Locks Heath |
Member request for weight limit |
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18* |
Common Lane Titchfield |
30 mph speed limit. |
December 04 |
Barnes Lane/Sherwood Gardens, Sarisbury |
Waiting restrictions carried over from 2003/04 programme. Linked to School Travel Plan Developer Funded |
Implemented September 2004 | |
Upper Cornaway Lane, Portchester West |
Private funding. Waiting restrictions at northern end to overcome problems of obstruction. |
Implemented August 2004 | |
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APPENDIX 2
PROGRAMME OF SCHEMES AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS 2003/04
(COMPLETED AND PROGRESSING)
SCHEME TITLE |
JUSTIFICATION |
DETAILS |
PROGRESS |
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1 |
Hill Road and Station Road, Portchester - Traffic calming and priority working under railway bridge |
The former Highways and Transportation Sub-Committee instructed the initiation of a scheme. Developer funded. |
Design and supervision of traffic calming scheme including priority working beneath bridge - subject to trial. |
Traffic calming measures implemented. Priority working beneath Station Road railway bridge introduced as a trial July 2003. Monitoring until April 2004. Investigations into the feasibility of traffic signal controlled priority working. | ||
2 |
Newgate Lane/Tukes Avenue Cycleway |
LTP Capital Programme |
Project management, design and construction of cycleway scheme. |
Construction of cycleway due for completion September 2004. | ||
3 |
Park Lane, Fareham Traffic calming (including Westbury Road Cycleway) |
As above. |
Design and supervision of traffic calming scheme. |
Preliminary design being drawn up following consultation with Ward Members and taking account of Safety Audit report. | ||
4 |
Town Centre direction signing |
As above. |
Design and supervision of comprehensive signing scheme for Fareham Town Centre. |
Completed July 2004. | ||
5 |
Fareham Town Centre Pedestrian Signing |
Joint HCC and FBC funding available |
Design and implementation of signing scheme in conjunction with Town Centre Working Group. |
Design completed. Programmed for 2004/05.. | ||
6 |
Highlands Road near Hilson Drive (Fareham West) Pedestrian crossing facility |
Petition for pelican crossing. Referred by Borough Council Planning and Transportation Committee. |
12 hour vehicle and pedestrian count undertaken July 2003. |
Results submitted to County Council for inclusion into Pedestrian Facility Programme. | ||
7 |
Parking in Titchfield Village Centre |
Request by Titchfield Village Trust following their own investigations. |
Study of on- and off-street parking in conjunction with Members and Titchfield Village Trust. Public consultation programmed for March 2004 undertaken May 2004. |
Outcome of public consultation to be considered by FBC Executive September 2004. | ||
8 |
Salterns Lane Traffic Calming |
Developer Funded. Alternative to speed cushions which were removed due to maintenance difficulties. |
Design and implementation of traffic calming scheme. Design progressing based on outcome of public consultation undertaken April 2004 |
Preliminary scheme and outcome of public consultation to be considered by FBC Executive September 2004. | ||
9 |
East Street/High Street Fareham |
Request by school for pedestrian crossing (Executive 24/03/03) |
12 hour vehicle and pedestrian count |
Undertaken 25.05.04 (High St) and 13.07.04 (East St). Funding requested for crossing at High Street | ||
10 |
Southampton Road/Park Lane, Fareham |
Member request for pedestrian crossing |
12 hour vehicle and pedestrian count |
Undertaken 12.07.04. Pedestrian crossing not justified. | ||
11 |
Salterns Road Hill Head |
Problems with vehicle speeds and `rat-running' Safe crossing point for sports field needed |
Traffic investigation |
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12 |
Portchester (north of A27) |
Problems with vehicle speeds and `rat-running' |
Traffic investigation |
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13 |
Highlands Road/Fareham Park Road/Gudge Heath Lane junction |
Pedestrian access around the junction |
Review the need for crossing/signal facility |
Review programmed for completion by 01.09.04 | ||
14 |
Hartlands Road/West Street Fareham |
Provision of pedestrian crossing |
Design and implementation |
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15 |
Advance Direction Signs on a route priority basis from the town centre |
New advance directions signs on a specific route from the town centre |
Sign design and bid for funding |
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