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Hampshire County Council

New Forest Highway and Transport Panel

8 March 2005

Traffic Management Programmes 2004/05 and 2005/06

Report of the Director of Environment

Item 7

Contact: Chris Reeves, tel 01962 857814

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Contact: Nick Hunt, tel 02380 285916

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1. Summary

1.1 This report covers the main programmes of traffic management work in the New Forest area in 2004/05 and 2005/06. These are the revenue funded Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) and signing and lining schemes and also the capital-funded rural traffic calming schemes promoted in partnership with Parish Councils.

2. Background

2.1 Under the revised agency agreements for traffic management, New Forest District Council has taken direct responsibility for certain traffic management functions throughout the District area on behalf of the County Council. These arrangements have been in operation since 1 January 2003.

2.2 As part of the agency arrangements, regular liaison meetings take place between officers of the County and District Councils to discuss proposed schemes and develop positive partnership arrangements.

3. Traffic Regulation Orders, Signing and Lining Schemes

3.1 Traffic management issues are raised in a number of ways, usually by Parish Councils, Local Borough or County Council Members or the public. The Police also raise issues of concern relating to congestion, parking problems or potential safety hazards. The schemes included in the 2004/05 programme are shown in Appendix 1 and include schemes being progressed by the County Council as well as the District Council. Schemes included in the list are, at this stage of the year, either operational or expected to be completed by the end of the financial year.

3.2 Schemes for the 2005/06 programme in the New Forest area are listed in Appendix 2. The programme is provisional at this stage, with scope to include additional schemes that may arise as a high priority. Schemes already in the programme are often subject to delay, modification or deletion as consultations progress, or where the TRO advertising procedure gives rise to objections. For the first time, the 2005/06 traffic management programme will be funded from the Capital Programme and will include the Parish Partnership Schemes. Overall funding levels will continue to support an extensive county-wide programme of schemes with scope for top-up funding on a priority basis to individual Traffic Management Agencies over and above the annual allocation.

3.3 The current 2004/05 programme and more significantly the planned 2005/06 programme includes work on preparing for decriminalised parking enforcement (DPE), ie the transfer of responsibility for the enforcement of on-street parking controls from the Police to District Councils. The firm target date for this is 1 January 2006. The process requires the verification of all parking TROs, including their signing and road markings, with amendments to TROs if necessary. A number of areas have been identified where a significant number of separate/partly revoked TROs are currently in force and where bringing them together would greatly benefit later enforcement and in the resolution of adjudication disputes. In these areas, consolidated TROs will be processed. During this process DPE is being given priority over other TRO work undertaken by the District Council.

4. Freight Traffic B3080/B3078/B3079 - Northern New Forest

Background

4.1 Following complaints to Wiltshire County Council by residents in the villages of Downton and Redlynch in Wiltshire, a Freight Quality Partnership (FQP) was established in 2001 to discuss and investigate ways in which to overcome the problems associated with freight traffic passing through the respective villages.

4.2 Due to the proximity of Downton and Redlynch to the Hampshire border, officers and Members of Hampshire County Council have been involved in the working groups for the Wiltshire FQP. Many of the issues the Wiltshire FQP has discussed, related closely to issues that also affect Parishes in Hampshire such as Godshill, Hale and Bramshaw. To date, the FQP has made little progress in terms of finding an effective solution in reducing the impact or number of heavy goods vehicles travelling through Downton and villages in Hampshire (B3080/B3078/B3079).

4.3 Consequently, an Officer Liaison Meeting was held between Wiltshire and Hampshire County Council Officers on 14th January 2005. A number of issues were raised and discussed and a preliminary outline for the way forward was recommended.

Preliminary Way Forward

4.4 It was agreed with Wiltshire County Council officers that the following steps would present a sensible way forward :

(i) That Hampshire and Wiltshire County Councils will review the advisory lorry route signing to ensure the strategic road network is promoted by all approaches for lorry traffic. Any improvements or changes will be made as necessary.

(ii) Voluntary agreements will be pursued between local operators (known to use the B3080/B3078/B3079 as through routes) and the respective County Councils. It is hoped that a degree of containment of lorries to the strategic road network (A338/A31/M27) can be achieved for the immediate term.

(iii) An area wide, origin and destination survey of HGV movements will be conducted (with co-corporation from Wiltshire County Council) in the spring to ascertain actual numbers/levels of lorries using the Forest roads as through routes. (Those vehicles accessing properties, public houses and businesses within the area would naturally be legitimate traffic and exempt from any restrictions). This data will aid further discussions envisaged to take part in mid-late May where a decision will be made as to whether an area wide lorry ban would prove effective.

Factors to be Considered

4.5 As part of future discussions, factors such as enforcement methods and frequency need to be investigated in liaison with Hampshire and Wiltshire Constabularies. Early indications suggest that enforcement of a lorry restriction would not take precedence over speed limits where there has been a history of accidents.

4.6 The impact of signage upon the Forest environment will also have to be discussed as part of this process. Consideration must be given towards protecting Forest verges (often over-run by lorries) against the visual impact of restriction signage. The National Park Authority (establishment team) and environment organisations are likely to have comments to make on this issue.

5. Parish Partnership Programme

5.1 Further progress has been made on those schemes already identified in the Parish Partnership programme within the New Forest District area. Appendix 3 includes those schemes expected to be completed in 2004/05 and Appendix 2 includes those schemes programmed for 2005/06.

Recommendations

1. That this report be noted; and

2. That the Executive Member for the Environment be advised that the approach set out in paragraph 4.4, items (i) to (iii), represents an acceptable way forward subject to the views of the meeting.


Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers

The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.

NB the list excludes:

1.	Published works.

2.	Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.

TITLE: Hampshire County Council	LOCATION
New Forest District Council Programme	Environment Department Traffic Management Group Sheridan House Winchester

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NEW FOREST HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORT ADVISORY PANEL						APPENDIX 1

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 2004/05						UPDATED 31/01/05

LOCATION			TYPE		PROGRESS

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS

ASHURST, Village Centre			Restriction of Waiting		OPERATIONAL 16.04.04
BROCKENHURST VILLAGE			Restriction of Waiting		OPERATIONAL 20.07.04
BROCKENHURST VILLAGE			Prohibition of Driving, linked to above		OPERATIONAL 20.09.04
BROCKENHURST, Brookley Road			No Entry at Watersplash end		NOT SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS
BROCKENHURST, Sway Road Primary School			Restriction of Waiting in lay-by at school		REVIEWED BY MEMBERS, NOT TO BE PROGRESSED
COLBURY, Link Road			Prohibition of `U' Turns		OPERATIONAL 17.09.04
FORDINGBRIDGE, Market Place/Provost Street			Restriction of Waiting		IMPLEMENTED WITH CAPITAL SCHEME 04.06.04
HOLBURY, A326 Long Lane Service Road, jn Holbury Drive			`No Entry'		`NO ENTRY' INVESTIGATED, BUT NOT TO BE PROGRESSED. See 05/06 programme
HOLBURY, Hardley Lane			POD		OPERATIONAL 11.06.04
NEW MILTON, Old Milton Green area			Review waiting restrictions		ADVERTISED SEPT 04. LIKELY IMPLEMENTATION MARCH 05
NEW MILTON, Station Road			18 month experimental one way northbound (Wednesday market)		OPERATIONAL 21.04.04. See 05/06 programme
RINGWOOD, Market Place			POD and loading bays		INVESTIGATED, NOT SUPPORTED BY MEMBERS
	RINGWOOD, Quomp	Trial closures at two locations (POD)		18 MONTH EXPERIMENTAL ORDER TO OPERATE FROM 21.03.05
	TOTTON, Salisbury Road/Testwood Parade	Shops parking controls		IMPLEMENTATION LIKELY FEB 2005
	TOTTON, Pauletts Lane/ Loperwood Lane	Possible lorry / turning controls		TEMPORARY POD BEING INTRODUCED JAN 05 FOR DURATION OF TATCHBURY CONSTRUCTION WORKS.

	LOCATION	TYPE		PROGRESS

	SPEED LIMITS

	BRANSGORE, Burley Road	40 mph Extension		OPERATIONAL 4.10.04
	BROOK/BRAMSHAW	N.FOREST 40/30 mph		PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION COMPLETED - CONCLUDED THAT EXISTING 40 MPH IS APPROPRIATE
	MARCHWOOD, Jacobs Gutter Lane	40 mph		OPERATIONAL 07.06.04
	MARCHWOOD, Trotts Lane	30 mph		OPERATIONAL 07.06.04
	MILFORD, Milford Road/Cliff Road	40 mph		NOT SUPPORTRED BY MEMBERS
	BREAMORE A338	Review 40 mph limit		PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION COMPLETED - CONCLUDED THAT EXISTING 40MPH IS APPROPRIATE.

	LOCATION	TYPE		PROGRESS

	TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND SIGNING SCHEMES

	CALSHOT, Calshot Road	Police request signing improvements		INVESTIGATIONS COMPLETE, IMPLEMENTATION DUE MARCH 05
	FORDINGBRIDGE, Green Lane	Virtual footway		INTRODUCED SEPT 05 (possible future capital scheme)
	HYTHE, South Street	Options inc traffic calming		MINOR SCHEME TO BE INTRODUCED BY H H WEST FEB/MARCH 05.
	HYTHE, St John Street	Provision of dropped crossings		SCHEME PASSED TO H H WEST FOR IMPLEMENTATION
	LYNDHURST, High Street	Revised signing		DESIGN COMPLETED, AWAITING FUNDING
	RINGWOOD, Headlands Business Park	Measures to address parking congestion		DESIGN COMPLETED, AWAITING FUNDING
	ROCKBOURNE/ DAMERHAM/MARTIN	Low cost speed reduction measures		PART IMPLEMENTED, REMAINDER DUE MARCH 05
	TOTTON, Hounsdown Industrial Estate	Improved route signing		SCHEME PASSED TO FUNDING DEVELOPER DEC 04
	RINGWOOD, The Bickerley area	Junction / passing places white lining		IMPLEMENTATION DUE FED 05
	HARBRIDGE, Harbridge area including Kent Lane	Audit signing / lining		SCHEME ASSESSED, IMPLEMENTATION DUE MARCH 05
	LYMINGTON, Lower Buckland Road	Investigate virtual footway junction May Avenue		REVISED SCHEME (JUNCTION RE-ALIGNMENT) TO IMPROVE VISIBILITY IMPLEMENTED NOV 04
	MARCHWOOD, Normandy Way	Admiralty Quay new development signing, externally funded		SCHEME PASSED TO FUNDING DEVELOPER DEC 04
	WHOLE DISTRICT	Casualty Reduction Partnership (HCC/NFDC/Police)		IMPLEMENT IDENTIFIED MEASURES TO ENHANCE ROAD SAFETY AT FATAL INJURY SITES
	NEW FOREST	Road safety campaign special signing		PHASE 1 IMPLEMENTED (12 GATEWAY SIGNS REPLACED, TWO WITH NEW SLOGAN ROAD SAFETY SIGNS (HCC / NFDC / PRIMARY CARE TRUST FUNDED)
	A338 Salisbury Road	Speed Limit Signing		IMPLIMENTED JULY 04
	A337 Jnct Grigg Lane	Direction signing		IMPLIMENTED APRIL 04


NEW FOREST HIGHWAY & TRANSPORT ADVISORY PANEL			APPENDIX 2

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 2005/06			UPDATED 26/01/05

LOCATION		PROGRESS

TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS

Decriminalised Parking Enforcement (DPE)	Review as below

LYMINGTON	Consolidation Order	COMMENCE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS AUGUST 05
TOTTON	Consolidation Order	COMMENCE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS AUGUST 05
HYTHE	Consolidation Order	COMMENCE CONSOLIDATION PROCESS AUGUST 05
WHOLE DISTRICT	Review of waiting restrictions where Order/signing and lining inconsistencies are found. Process Variation Orders	CONTINUING REVIEW. COMMENCE VARIATION ORDERS MAY 05

Other TROs

FORDINGBRIDGE, High Street/Bridge Street	Review restrictions at mini roundabout	INITAIL PROPOSALS CONSULTED
HOLBURY, A326 Long Lane Service Road, jn Holbury Drive	Experimental banned right turns into/out of side roads	PRELIMINARY CONSULTATIONS

HYTHE, Jones Lane/West Street/ Marina entrance	Waiting restrictions	TO BE INVESTIGATED (Reserve scheme)
KEYHAVEN, Village Centre	Review waiting restrictions	REVISED PROPOSALS PREPARED
LYMINGTON, High Street / St Thomas Street/Queen Street	Waiting restriction amendments linked to safety schemes	SCHEME CONSULTED
MILFORD-ON-SEA, Park Road / Park Close	Waiting restrictions/Residents' parking	INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS
MILFORD-ON-SEA, Westminster Road and Cornwallis Road	Review summer restrictions	TO BE INVESTIGATED (Reserve scheme)
NEW MILTON, Avenue Road	Review of recent waiting restrictions	TO BE INVESTIGATED (Reserve scheme)
NEW MILTON, Camelia Gardens	Restriction of waiting	INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS
RINGWOOD, Hightown Road	Residents' parking	DRAFT SCHEME PREPARED FOR CONSULTATION
B3080/78/79 DOWNTON/REDLYNCH	Freight transport issues	DISCUSSIONS VIA FQP (FREIGHT QUALITY PARTNERSHIP)
NEW MILTON, Station Road	One way northbound (review of Experimental Order)	TO BE CONSIDERED
RINGWOOD, Quomp	Experimental closure points	FIRST CLOSURE DUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED END MARCH, SECOND IN 05/06
BROCKENHURST VILLAGE	Review of recently introduced Waiting restrictions	REVISIONS AGREED WITH MEMBERS
HYTHE, Promenade	Restriction of waiting and pedestrian zone	OPERATIONAL DATE TO BE AGREED (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEME)
HYTHE, South Street/St John's Street/New Road	Safety / Environmental scheme	TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INPUT INTO CAPITAL SCHEME (part external funding)
MARCHWOOD VILLAGE	HGV Restrictions	SIGNING SCHEME FOR TRO IN PREPARATION OPERATIONAL DATE TO BE AGREED
HOLBURY, Foxcroft Drive/ Holbury Drove	Possible Lorry Controls	PRELIMINARY SURVEY COMPLETED
TOTTON, Calmore Road / Water Lane	Waiting Restrictions linked to traffic calming & College parking	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS
COPYTHORNE, Pollards Moor Road	Possible Lorry Controls	TO BE INVESTIGATED

LOCATION	TYPE	PROGRESS

SPEED LIMITS

BROCKENHURST, Tile Barn Lane	40/30 mph	PROPOSAL TO BE ADVERTISED
BROCKENHURST, Balmer Lawn Road/Mill Lane	40/30 mph	PROPOSAL TO BE ADVERTISED
EAST BOLDRE	New Forest 40/30 mph	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION - LINKED TO PARISH PARTNERSHIP SCHEME
HORDLE, Hordle Lane, Stopples Lane, Sky End Lane	40/30 mph	CONSULTATIONS COMPLETED
LYMINGTON - NEW MILTON A337	40/50/60 mph	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
ROCKBOURNE/ SANDLEHEATH	40 mph link	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
SOPLEY, Derritt Lane	30 mph	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
WOODLANDS/BARTLEY	New Forest 40/30 mph	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
NETLEY MARSH, A336 Ringwood Road	30 mph outside school	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
B3081 VERWOOD-RINGWOOD	Review National Limit	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION

LOCATION	TYPE	PROGRESS

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND SIGNING SCHEMES

BRAMSHAW, B3078 and B3079	Audit signing / lining	TO BE INVESTIGATED
EMERY DOWN	Speed reduction measures/gateway/signing	SUPPORTED GATEWAY FEATURES TO BE INTRODUCED IN 05/06
LYMINGTON, Southampton Road	Revised advanced signing for low bridge	TO BE INVESTIGATED
MARCHWOOD, Hythe Road	Enhance lining near village gateway	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ONLY (Reserve scheme)
FAWLEY, School Road	Traffic Calming	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS
RINGWOOD, Town Centre	Pedestrian Signage	PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATIONS
SANDLEHEATH, C93	Audit signing / lining	TO BE INVESTIGATED (Reserve scheme)
WOOTTON, B3058/The Rising Sun	Signing	PRELIMINARY DESIGN
BEAULIEU, High Street	Review signing of existing "one way" TRO	TO BE INVESTIGATED
FORDINGBRIDGE, Station Road	Audit signing / lining	TO BE INVESTIGATED (Reserve scheme)
HYTHE, Claypits Lane	Improve driver awareness of pedestrian crossing point	TO BE INVESTIGATED (Reserve scheme)
LYNDHURST, High Street	Bus stop at Crown Hotel, introduce bus clearway	TO BE INVESTIGATED
SANDLEHEATH/ FORDINGBRIDGE	Gateway entering Fordingbridge	TO BE INVESTIGATED
LEPE, Lepe Road	Enhance pedestrian safety	TO BE INVESTIGATED
WHOLE DISTRICT	Casualty Reduction Partnership(Police/HCC/NFDC)	IMPLEMENT IDENTIFIED MEASURES TO ENHANCE ROAD SAFETY AT FATAL INJURY SITES
NEW FOREST	Road safety campaign special signing	PHASE 2 PROVISION OF A FURTHER 10 SLOGAN ROAD SAFETY/ANIMAL ACCIDENT SIGNS
FORDINGBRIDGE, A338 Slip road adjacent car park	Traffic calming linked to car park improvements	PRELIMINARY SCHEME DESIGNED. (POSSIBLE HCC / NFDC FUNDING)
LYMINGTON, Queen Katherine Road	Low cost measures such as white lining, to improve visibility at junctions/reduce congestion	TO BE INVESTIGATED
FORDINGBRIDGE, West Street	Informal white lining to reduce parking problems near Methodist Church	TO BE INVESTIGATED


LOCATION	TYPE	PROGRESS

PARISH PARTNERSHIPS

FAWLEY, Church Lane	Traffic Calming	SCHEME PREPARED FOR CONSULTATION
GODSHILL	Traffic Calming	TRIAL SCHEME REVIEWED. MODIFIED PERMANENT SCHEME BEING PREPARED
MARCHWOOD	Traffic Calming	SECOND PHASE - INITIAL CONSULTATIONS
EAST BOLDRE	Traffic Calming	SECOND PHASE -INITIAL CONSULTATIONS
SOPLEY	Traffic Calming	SECOND PHASE TO BE PROGRESSED


NEW FOREST HIGHWAY & TRANSPORT ADVISORY PANEL			APPENDIX 3

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME 2004/05			UPDATED 31/01/05

LOCATION	TYPE	PROGRESS

PARISH PARTNERSHIPS

MARCHWOOD	Traffic Calming	PHASE 1 COMPLETED
EAST BOLDRE	Traffic Calming	PHASE 1 COMPLETED
SOPLEY	Traffic Calming	PHASE 1 COMPLETED

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