Agenda item
HIGHWAYS UPDATE
- Meeting of Epsom and Ewell Local Committee, Monday, 23 September 2013 7.00 pm (Item 50/13)
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This report summarises progress with the Local Committee’s programme of Highways works for the Financial Year 2013-14.
Members are encouraged to start considering the strategy and priorities for next Financial Year.
Decision:
That the Local Committee (Epsom & Ewell) agreed that:
(i) the creation of the shared surfaces needed to allow cyclists to cycle on sections of footway in Station Approach, to facilitate delivery of a new cycle route connecting to Epsom Station be authorised;
(ii) officers be requested to consider alternatives to a shared surface in Waterloo Road and report back to the next meeting;
(iii) a scheme at the Spread Eagle junction to modify the alignment of the pedestrian crossing over the Ashley Road arm of the junction be not constructed at the current time;
(iv) a scheme at the junction of South Street and Ashley Avenue to provide controlled pedestrian crossing facilities be not constructed at the current time, subject to review should the major scheme to implement Plan E be delayed;
(v) Authorise the Area Team Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s), to identify and prioritise schemes as necessary to ensure the remainder of this Financial Year’s budgets are fully invested in the road network in Epsom and Ewell;
(vi) Approve the strategy for allocation of next Financial Year’s budgets as detailed in Table 4 of the report;
(vii) the following Members of the Local Committee be nominated to a Major Schemes (Epsom and Ewell) Task Group, to oversee the development of the Plan E and Kiln Lane Link Major Schemes, and to provide a steer to the progress of these schemes: County Councillors – Stella Lallement, Jan Mason and Tina Mountain, Borough Councillors – Michael Arthur, Neil Dallen and Jean Smith;
(viii) the Area Team Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s) be authorised to undertake all necessary procedures to deliver the agreed programmes.
Minutes:
Declarations of Interest: None
Officer attending: Nick Healey, Area Highways Team Manager
Petitions, Public Questions, Statements: None
Member discussion – key points
Mrs Mason passed on thanks from local residents for the new Hogsmill cycle footbridge at Green Lanes which is being well used.
There was concern that if the footway in Waterloo Road is widened to allow for a shared use cycle way there will not be space for two lanes of queuing traffic at the junction and that this will impact on traffic flows. There was also concern at the potential for conflict between bikes and pedestrians in this busy area. Members also raised concern that since the street lamps had been replaced in this area the light levels had diminished. The Area Highways Team Manager reported that the cycle scheme is part of the S106 agreement resulting from the Station redevelopment and it may be difficult to allocate this funding to an alternative scheme. Officers were asked to review the scheme and seek alternative solutions and to report back to the next meeting.
Noted that the proposed major scheme to implement Plan E has been identified as a top priority for future funding, but is still subject to detailed traffic modelling and design to ensure that it will have the anticipated benefits. Most members were in agreement that the schemes, which could be impacted by this work, should be deferred until there was a clearer picture of whether the major scheme would proceed and the timescales for that.
Members requested some training in understanding accident statistics and diagrams.
A detailed programme for the work taking place at Station Approach was requested by Cllr Neil Dallen and officers agreed to provide this.
The Area Highways Team Manager agreed to bring further details of the top 5 priorities identified in Annex H to the December meeting for further consideration as it will not be possible to deliver everything listed.
Resolved: That
(i) the creation of the shared surfaces needed to allow cyclists to cycle on sections of footway in Station Approach, to facilitate delivery of a new cycle route connecting to Epsom Station be authorised;
(ii) officers be requested to consider alternatives to a shared surface in Waterloo Road and report back to the next meeting;
(iii) a scheme at the Spread Eagle junction to modify the alignment of the pedestrian crossing over the Ashley Road arm of the junction be not constructed at the current time;
(iv) [On a vote by 7 votes FOR to 1 AGAINST] a scheme at the junction of South Street and Ashley Avenue to provide controlled pedestrian crossing facilities be not constructed at the current time, subject to review in June 2014 should the major scheme to implement Plan E be delayed;
(v) the Area Team Manager, be authorised, in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s), to identify and prioritise schemes as necessary to ensure the remainder of this Financial Year’s budgets are fully invested in the road network in Epsom and Ewell;
(vi) the strategy for allocation of next Financial Year’s budgets as detailed in Table 4 of the report, be approved;
(vii) the following Members of the Local Committee be nominated to a Major Schemes (Epsom and Ewell) Task Group, to oversee the development of the Plan E and Kiln Lane Link Major Schemes, and to provide a steer to the progress of these schemes: County Councillors – Stella Lallement, Jan Mason and Tina Mountain, Borough Councillors – Michael Arthur, Neil Dallen and Jean Smith;
(viii) the Area Team Manager in consultation with the Chairman, Vice Chairman, and relevant Divisional Member(s) be authorised to undertake all necessary procedures to deliver the agreed programmes.
Supporting documents:
- Item 11 Highways Update, item 50/13 PDF 83 KB
- Item 11 Annex A (Station Approach), item 50/13 PDF 803 KB
- Item 11 Annex B (Cycle Route 1), item 50/13 PDF 497 KB
- Item 11 Annex C (Cycle Route 2), item 50/13 PDF 358 KB
- Item 11 Annex D (Spread Eagle), item 50/13 PDF 329 KB
- Item 11 Annex E, item 50/13 PDF 737 KB
- Item 11 Annex F (South Street), item 50/13 PDF 491 KB
- Item 11 Annex G, item 50/13 PDF 620 KB
- Item 11 Annex H, item 50/13 PDF 41 KB