Decision details

That the Local Committee Epsom & Ewell agreed:

(i)         To introduce double yellow lines in Temple Road between the parking bays between numbers 46 and 70 Temple Road, to discourage vehicles overhanging the bays and give residents increased forward visibility whilst leaving their driveways as set out in the report;

(ii)        To extend the double yellow lines on the western side of Temple Road from Pound Lane, southwards to encompass the entire length of the hatching and prevent any obstructive parking on the approach to the pedestrian refuge;

(iii)       To implement double yellow lines in Temple Road in the chicane area outside St Barnabas’ Church, to prevent obstruction of this area by parked vehicles;

(iv)      To include a single yellow line restriction in Gibraltar Crescent operational between 10.00-11.00am and 15.00-16.00, the detailed plan to be agreed by the Parking Team Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and divisional member;

(v)       That the proposals in (i) to (iv) above be advertised as part of the Phase 10 parking review and follow the procedures as agreed at the March 2017 meeting to complete that review;

(vi)      To defer consideration of the construction of a new cycle route in Waterloo Road, connecting Epsom railway station to the extensive network of cycle routes to the north of the Borough, to the next meeting, pending a reply from the developer indicating whether an alternative use for the funding would be acceptable to them within the terms of the 106 agreement;

(vii)     To introduce new bus stop clearways in five locations in Hook Road, Epsom as detailed in Annexes F, G, and H of the report;

(viii)    To transfer £12,000 currently allocated to the construction of a cycle way from Stoneleigh Park Road to Bradford Drive to fund maintenance work on Highfield Drive where the road surface has sunk;
 

(ix)      Authorise the Area Highway Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s) to undertake all necessary procedures to deliver the agreed programmes outlined in the report as amended above.

(x)       That the Chairman be asked to write to the Cabinet member for Environment & Transport expressing the Committee’s opposition to the 78% cut in local highways funding in 2017/2018 on the grounds that the decision was made six weeks after the agreement of the County Council budget, without consultation with members, when the Committees draft programme for the year had already been agreed and that different choices could have been made to enable this area of work to continue to be funded adequately.

Reasons: Programmes of work have been agreed in consultation with the Committee.  Committee is asked to provide the necessary authorisation to deliver those programmes of work in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman and relevant Divisional Member without the need to revert to the Committee as a whole.

A number of new lengths of double yellow lines are recommended for Temple Road to ensure the continued safe travel of drivers using Temple Road and to resolve, as much as is reasonable, access issues for residents on the north-eastern side of Hook Road.

Residents have requested the implementation of parking restrictions in Gibralatar Crescent to limit anti-social parking.