Agenda item

Matters referred from the Chipping Barnet Residents Forum including any Petitions

Minutes:

The Committee received the following petition and referrals for consideration:

 

Item

Title: Traffic calming measures on the Cromer Road one-way system

 

Lead Petitioner: Ms Phillipa Whitecross 

 

Ward: High Barnet

 

Issue: Signatures 303

 

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/20mph-zone-for-cromer-road-school

As of 10am this morning (25 Feb), 301 people have signed my online petition. The petition has been live for less than 1 month. Petition wording: We, the undersigned call upon Barnet Council to implement the following traffic calming measures on the Cromer Road one-way system: > A 20mph speed limit > A restriction on access for Heavy Goods Vehicles > A deterrent for vehicles driving the wrong way on the one way Why is this important?

This is important for the safety of pupils attending Cromer Road School, and for parents, staff and local residents. We consider that these measures are urgently required in order to protect the safety of our children. A resident’s cat lost its leg after being hit by a speeding vehicle on Shaftesbury Avenue. It does not bear thinking about this happening to asmall child, and there have recently been some near misses along Cromer Road after school. There is also a problem with Lorries persistently getting stuck on the narrow roads, causing log-jams and damaging parked vehicles. The Cromer Road one-way system includes: Cromer Road, Shaftesbury Avenue and Bulwer Road (to the east of Plantagenet Road), New Barnet, EN5

We, the undersigned call upon Barnet Council to implement the following traffic calming measures on the Cromer Road one-way system: > A 20mph speed limit > A restriction on access for Heavy Goods Vehicles > A deterrent for vehicles driving the wrong way on the one way.

 

Comments: Phillippa Whitecross, Lead Petitioner, addressed the Committee regarding this petition.

 

Councillor Longstaff also addressed the Committee expressing his support for a 20mph zone and voiced his concerns that the local school was under the impression that CCTV would be installed in the area but that nobody seemed to have any knowledge of this.

 

After detailed discussion and following advice from Officers, who were concerned about a stand-alone 20mph zone without measures, it was felt that the best way forward was to request a report back to the July meeting. The Committee asked for an independent road safety assessment, using information already available from a previous survey, on the possibility of a stand-alone 20mph zone or a 20mph zone plus other measures. This would cover both Cromer Road and Shaftesbury Avenue. Costings of various options would also be provided and this would help determine if the preferred scheme could be funded from CIL or would need to be referred for LIP funding. It was also agreed that the problems raised regarding HGVs be considered and reported back.

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RESOLVED that the Chipping Barnet Area Committee agree to allocate up to a maximum of £5,000 towards a further review of traffic calming measures on Cromer Road, Shaftesbury Avenue and Bulwer Road in conjunction with the installation of a 20mph speed limit.  The measures will be subject to an independent Road Safety Audit and the outcome of the feasibility study and costings of the proposed options will be reported back to the July meeting of the Chipping Barnet Area Committee.  The proposals will be costed separately for the three individual roads.

 

ACTION: STRATEGIC DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENT

 

Title: Double yellow lines drawn on the corner of Hatley Close and Friern Barnet Lane

 

Resident:  BrigitteShade

 

Ward: Coppetts

 

Issue: Please can you draw double lines on the corner of Hatley Close and Friern Barnet Lane. Motorists park right up to the end of the corner thus blocking any view for drivers trying to get out of Hatley Close into Friern Barnet Lane. Hatley Close is a narrow road and when going to the right side of the road in order to overtake the parked cars on the corner, it blocks motorists coming into Hatley Close and poses a danger to all concerned.

 

I would like double yellow lines drawn on the corner of Hatley Close and Friern Barnet Lane.

 

RESOLVED that CIL funding be agreed (with a maximum of £3,000 in total for the two double yellow line schemes referred from Residents Forum).

 

ACTION: STRATEGIC DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENT

 

 

Title:Double yellow lines on the bend at the top of Summit Way, N14.

 

Resident: Mr Luke Stewart

 

Ward: Brunswick Park

 

Issue: Funding was requested for double yellow lines on the bend at the top of Summit Way, N14. Currently there are no double yellow lines on this bend and cars are often parked on this bend. This means visibility is badly obstructed, creating great risk of an accident happening. Particularly as this is near the entrance of Ashmole Primary School. If you are driving down Summit Way from Arlington Road it is impossible to see when you turn right around the bend and someone is parked on the inner bend of the road.

I would like the Council to paint double yellow lines on the right-hand side of the bend as you drive down Summit Way from Arlington Road to stop cars parking on this corner and blocking visibility.

 

Comments: Officers pointed out that Section 106 monies had also been made available for zig zag lines and a crossing too, if appropriate.

 

RESOLVED that CIL funding be agreed (with a maximum of £3,000 in total for the two double yellow line schemes referred from Residents Forum).

 

ACTION: STRATEGIC DIRECTOR ENVIRONMENT

 

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