Agenda item

Petitions for the Committee's Consideration

Minutes:

The Committee were presented with four petitions as follows:-

 

Title of petition

Lead petitioner

Detail/text of petition

No. of signatures

‘Introduce measures to improve road safety at the corner between Bell Lane and Green Lane, including zebra crossing and more school signs’. 

Mrs G. Gean

The Committee received the petition in favour of new road safety measures including a zebra crossing. The committee heard from the lead petitioner, Mrs Gean, who highlighted to Committee that there are 5 schools in the vicinity and consequently many children are crossing the roads Bell Lane and Green Lane at the same time. Many cars speed along these in excess of 30mph speed limit. The Committee were given a letter  from the Headteacher of the  Bell Lane Primary School and Children’s Centre which notes parental concerns regarding the speed and flow of traffic and requests measures that would reduce  dangers such as pelican crossing to allow safer crossing and slower traffic. The Committee also received a letter from a parent whose 12 year old son attends Hendon school and crosses the Bell Lane Alexander Road junction daily and that there are no measures in place to reduce traffic using these roads as a short cut from the North Circular Road making the junction with Alexander Road is difficult to cross.  Finally Committee were reminded that  that proposal to install a zebra crossing scheme in 2012 had been shelved.

Following discussion and having considered the petition

Committee RESOLVED:

 

1.    To note the petition.

 

2.    To instruct the Commissioning Director for Environment to:-

 

a)    Carry out a feasibility study to establish safety measures around the Bell Lane/Green Lane junction, basing the study on a previous 2012 proposal which included a zebra crossing;

 

b)    Undertake further assessment to identify other potential safety measures around the Bell Lane/Green Lane junction and study and;

 

c)    Report findings, costs and funding required to Hendon Area Committee in March 2017 and make recommendations.

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Remove the Hedgerows outside 179/193 Edgwarebury Lane  Edgware

Mr Horne

The Committee received the petition in favour of removing the hedge on the public footpath/pavement between NOS 179/183 Edgwarebury Lane and replacing a with grass verge.  The Chairman informed the Committee that the Lead Petitioner was not able to attend and and so read out his statement  which in summary outlined  the following:-

 

1.    Edgwarebury Lane has become increasingly busy with cars and commercial vehicles on their way to Edgwarebury Farm

2.    Vehicles speed up the road exceeding the speed limit and there are no road humps

3.    The houses in question  are around 50m from Edgwarebury Park entrance and the public entrance and footpath used by pedestrians including children and dog walkers

4.    The hedgerows present a rea danger and hazard to residents when going in and out of their drives as visibility is reduced to zero when the hedgerows are fully grown

5.    There is no doubt that removal and replacement with grass would improve safety and look better

 

Councillor Gordon informed Members and officers had inspected the site.  Members discussed the issues and invited officer input and were advised that the whole stretch of road would need to be assessed, not just a single location. Costs would include removal, replacement with grass verge and maintenance. Members were unanimous in their support for the proposal.

 

Committee RESOLVED the following:-

 

1.    To note the petition.

 

2.    That the Commissioning Director for Environment instruct officers to assess and cost the options for removal and report back to a future Committee.  

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Improve the children's play area in Stonegrove park

Mr Grossman

The Committee received the petition in favour of improving Stonegrove Play Area.

The Lead Petitioner was not present but members were informed that he had been updated on current proposals by Greenspace that a Section 106 allocation of £75k has been made available towards the cost of improving the Stonegrove Play Area and designs and consultation was ongoing and proposed.

 

Committee RESOLVED:

 

1.    To note the petition.

 

2.    That the Commissioning Director for Environment provides an update to the next Hendon Area Committee on the results of ongoing consultation and design proposals.

 

3.    To keep Mr Grossman and updated.

 

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Saracens Event Day Parking

Mrs J Brown

The Committee received the petition in favour of a review of Saracens Event Day Parking.

 

In the absence of the Lead Petitioner, Councillor Khatri was invited to speak about the concerns raised by the petitioner.  This included the following:-

 

Parking spaces within the CPZ areas along roads with shops and businesses that are not near the Saracens Ground, are urgently needed for customer parking to support business and the economy of Barnet. It was requested that Event Day signs and restrictions can be removed from some roads that are not near the Saracens ground and pointed out that some parking within the CPZ around Hale Ward had been removed from the Event Day parking zone.  In addition Councillor Khatri informed Committee that this item had been taken to Environment Committee and that it been decided not to alter the CPZ.  Councillor Khatri also stated that a number of questions had been raised on this at Hendon Residents Forum in July and an update on responses was awaited.

 

The Committee discussed the issues and agreed that Saracens Event Day parking petition should be referred up to Environment Committee supported by a number of actions.  The decision to refer was unanimous.

 

Reasons for referral:-

1.    Further work is needed to unpick the issues with local residents and the Lead Petitioner to identify the specific roads within the CPZ that require review.

 

2.    The Committee was informed that a Member’s item went to Environment Committee and a decision taken not to review the CPZ.  The Committee considered that awareness of the issues raised by residents is limited and that some areas within the CPZ warrant review and have requested that further work is undertaken to achieve a better understanding of the problems and a better solution.

 

3.    Committee requested that further information on the issues is gathered and that officers set out the background information in a report to Environment Committee on 15th January.

 

Committee RESOLVED:

 

1.    To note the petition.

 

2.    That Ward Councilors liaise with Mrs Brown to identify the roads most affected by the CPZ.

 

3.    That the Commissioning Director for Environment instructs officers to draft a report setting out all the background for information on Saracens Event Day parking and report to Environment Committee in January 2017.

 

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