RESOLVED that Cabinet approved the Traffic Regulation Orders as advertised, except for the Stuart Road proposals, to enable the order to be made, sealed and to implement the restrictions which are outlined in this report and appendices.
Voting: Unanimous
Portfolio Holder: Climate Response, Environment and Energy
Reason
To approve the making and sealing of the Orders will enable the implementation of new and amended traffic restrictions on the following roads in Highcliffe: Abingdon Drive, Beacon Drive, Bute Drive, Castle Avenue, Chewton Lodge, Elmwood Way, Jays Court, Lymington Road (service road), Silver Way, Marrayat Court, Mill Lane, Montagu Road, Pine Crescent, Rothesay Drive, Waterford Gardens, Wharncliffe Gardens, Wharncliffe Road, Waterford Place, Waterford Road.
The benefits to road users resulting from the proposed Traffic Order include reducing danger and facilitating improved passage by maintaining visibility at junctions, sharp bends and narrow points.
In particular these proposals will assist cyclists, pedestrians and those with mobility issues or who are visually impaired by keeping junctions clear at all times which in turn will enable the safe use of dropped kerbs and associated tactile paving to safely cross at junctions in the area.
In taking this decision regard has been made to the council’s duty under section 122 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 which states that local authorities ‘secure the expeditious, convenient and safe movement of vehicular and other traffic (including pedestrians).