Agenda item - Items referred from Council

Items referred from the last meeting of Full Council held on 20 October 2016 (copy attached).

(a)          Petitions

(i)            Double Yellow Lines Surrenden Road- Councillor Taylor

(ii)          Speeding on Reigate Road- Councillor Taylor

(iii)         Traffic Speed- Councillor Cobb

(a)          Petitions

(i)            Double yellow lines on Surrenden Holt Estate- Councillor Taylor

44.1      The Committee considered a petition referred from the Full Council meeting of 20 October 2016 and signed by 43 people requesting the Council install double yellow lines on the corners of the road at the junction of Surrenden Holt and Surrenden Road due to safety concerns.

44.2      The Chair provided the following response:

“Thank you for your Petition.

I’m pleased to confirm that we will investigate double yellow lines in this area alongside the current parking scheme proposals in the Preston Village and Balfour Area.

A report is coming forward to this Committee in January 2017 which will outline the way forward including any double yellow line proposals in the area that can be advertised alongside the parking scheme proposals”.

44.3      RESOLVED- That the petition be noted.

(ii)          Speeding on Reigate Road- Councillor Taylor

44.4      The Committee considered a petition referred from the Full Council meeting of 20 October 2016 and signed by 73 people expressing concern about speeding and traffic on Reigate Road.

44.5      The Chair provided the following response:

“Brighton & Hove City Council receive many requests for traffic calming or other measures to mitigate against the effects of traffic in the streets or neighbourhoods where they live and we have had to adopt a policy where we address those areas where we know people are suffering injuries as a priority.

The collision record for Reigate Road has been checked and I am pleased to say that there have been no reported injury causing collisions over the past three years.

A member of the Road Safety team visited the road in August 2016 to review the situation, we are also aware from checks that the average speed on the road is around 24mph so with no injuries and low speeds I am afraid that we are not in a position to directly prioritise measures at this location just now”.

44.6      RESOLVED- That the petition be noted.

(iii)         Speeding on Westbourne Gardens- Councillor Cobb

44.7      The Committee considered a petition referred from the Full Council meeting of 20 October 2016 and signed by 54 people requesting the council to address speeding on Westbourne Gardens.

44.8      The Chair provided the following response:

“During phase 2 of the city wide implementation of the 20mph speed limit programme checks were made in a number of roads around the city.

Obviously, we could not survey every street so streets of a similar nature were chosen. Rutland Gardens was chosen in this area and is almost identical to Westbourne Gardens in that it links New Church Road and Portland Road.

The speed surveys were carried out over a seven day period and this showed that the average speed was 25.8mph which, although higher than the posted limit, is below the level that would warrant dedicated enforcement.

I can also confirm that the collision history in Westbourne Gardens for the past three years has been checked and no injury causing collisions have been recorded during this period.

With low speeds and no collisions I am afraid that the council cannot prioritise this road above other roads that have a worse collision history at this time, however, I would urge residents who do witness anti-social driving to report this to the Police via a dedicated website set up specifically for this purpose. www.operationcrackdown.org”

44.9      RESOLVED- That the petition be noted.