Agenda item

Surrey County Council’s Parking Strategy and Implementation Team have carried out a review of on street parking restrictions within the borough of Woking and identified changes which would benefit road safety and reduce instances of obstruction and localised congestion. Joint Committee approval is required in order to progress these changes firstly to the stage of ‘formal advertisement’, where the proposed restrictions will be advertised for 28 days and open to support, comments or objections from members of the public and then to implementation.

The Woking Joint Committee agreed that:

(i) The proposed amendments to on-street parking restrictions in Woking as described in this report and shown in detail on drawings in annexes A-G are approved.

(ii) a review of the Woking CPZ Zone 1 operating times is delegated to the SCC Parking Strategy and Implementation Team Manager in consultation with the Parking Task Group, Chairman, Local Member and WBC Assistant Director for Place (and changes included in the parking review if appropriate)

(iii) The joint committee allocates funding as detailed in paragraph 5.1 of this report to proceed with the introduction of the parking amendments.

(iv) The intention of the county council to make an order under the relevant parts of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to impose the waiting and on street parking restrictions in Woking as shown on the drawings in annexes A-G is advertised and that if no objections are maintained, the orders are made.

(v) If there are unresolved objections, they will be dealt with in accordance with the county council’s scheme of delegation by the parking strategy and implementation team manager, in consultation with the chairman/vice chairman of this committee and the appropriate county councillor.

(vi) The intention of the county council to advertise the making of a consolidation Order (without change) of the existing Traffic Regulation Orders to Woking is approved, and that approval for future consolidations, when they become necessary, can be granted by the committee chairman.

Reason for decisions:

The above decisions were made to make a positive impact towards:-

· Road safety

· Access for emergency vehicles

· Access for refuse vehicles

· Easing traffic congestion

· Better regulated parking

· Better enforcement

Declarations of Interest: None

Officers attending: Peter Wells, Parking Engineer, SCC

Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: None

The Parking Engineer presented the report, noting this year’s review had a low number of parking requests to consider (95). Of those, a large proportion were being proposed to be implemented (55).

Key points from the discussion:

· The Parking Engineer noted an amendment was required to drawing 20089, where the double yellow line was to be extended south of Silversmith Way.

· Another amendment was required for drawing 20125. The proposed restriction should have been indicated on the northern side of the road and not the southern.

· It was noted that parking on the pavement and cycleway along Redding Way by Tudor Way was of real concern. The Parking Engineer confirmed that if double yellow lines were in place then continued parking in the current way was subject to enforcement.

· Members discussed roads that were listed as considered but not progressing. They expressed interest that several of these be included in the review for next year.

Resolution: