Issue - meetings

Andrew Milne, NW Area Manager, to introduce the report on Pirbright bends speed limit alteration.

Urgent Item of Business

The report on Pirbright bends speed limit was added to the agenda as an urgent item.

Under Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, this item was considered urgent by the Chairman as, following the ‘Pirbright Bends – Speed limit Changes’ report presented to Surrey Heath Local Committee on the 14th March 2013, there was a requirement to seek the Local Committee’s approval to amend the legal order for this scheme.  The scheme, having been agreed at the Guildford Local Committee previously, would be implemented prior to the next meeting of this Committee and therefore a decision needed to be made on the legal order at this meeting.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed to:

(i)    Note the contents of the report

(ii)   Agree to authorise the change to the legal order allowing the speed limit terminal signs to remain in their existing location.

Pursuant to Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Chairman decided that the following item of business was urgent:

i)          Presentation from Andrew Milne, Area Manager, Highways on the Pirbright Bends Speed Limit.

This item was considered urgent by the Chairman as, following the ‘Pirbright Bends – Speed limit Changes’ report presented to Surrey Heath Local Committee on the 14^th March 2013, there has been a requirement to seek the Local Committee’s approval to amend the legal order for this scheme.

Members discussed the speed limit anomaly that would result from the implementation of the scheme and agreed that appropriate speed limits were required.  Although against street clutter, Members agreed that the proposed way forward would improve the consistency of approach and reduce signage.

The Local Committee (Surrey Heath) agreed to:

(i)            Note the contents of the report

(ii)          Agree to authorise the change to the legal order allowing the speed limit terminal signs to remain in their existing location.