Agenda item

The Highways Area Team Manager (North East) will provide an update.

The Spelthorne Joint Committee resolved to AGREE to:

A new recommendation, proposed by Cllr Ian Harvey and seconded by Ms Denise Turner-Stewart:

(i) To promote a permanent traffic regulation order for the closure of Celia Crescent at the junction with Kingston Road (option 3 from the public consultation).

Reason: To replace the report recommendation:

(i) To promote an experimental traffic regulation order for the closure of Celia Crescent on its east-west section, between the north-south arm leading to numbers 9 to 36 and the north-south arm leading to numbers 1 to 8 (option 2 from the public consultation).

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The Chairman called for a 5 minute comfort break from 8pm – 8.05pm.

The Chairman then took the following items out of order.

Item 9, Item 10, Item 11 were received in the following order: Item 11, Item 9, Item 10.

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The SCC Area Highway Manager (NE) introduced the Celia Crescent item and explained that Option 2 was the preferred option for technical reasons, but that he considered Option 3 to be feasible.

The Chairman invited a Celia Crescent resident, Mr Martin Shortland, to speak on behalf of the residents.  The Chairman explained that this was not the usual procedure but he wanted to be sure that residents were able to present their views.

Mr Shortland has been working with the Area Highway Manager on all the options.  Residents were also concerned about possible flooding.  He felt that the negatives of Option 3 could be managed and that Option 3 was the preferred choice.  Mr Shortland informed the Committee that residents were prepared to fund a permanent closure of the road at the junction with Kingston Road (Option 3).

Ms Denise Turner-Stewart thanked officers and residents for all their work to try to find a solution.  The Chairman said that it was an excellent example of everyone working together.

The vote was unanimous to agree the new recommendation.

The Spelthorne Joint Committee resolved to AGREE to:

A new recommendation, proposed by Cllr Ian Harvey and seconded by Ms Denise Turner-Stewart:

(i) To promote a permanent traffic regulation order for the closure of Celia Crescent at the junction with Kingston Road (option 3 from the public consultation).

Reason: To replace the report recommendation:

(i) To promote an experimental traffic regulation order for the closure of Celia Crescent on its east-west section, between the north-south arm leading to numbers 9 to 36 and the north-south arm leading to numbers 1 to 8 (option 2 from the public consultation).