NOTICE OF MEETING
COMMITTEE: HIGHWAYS
AND TRANSPORTATION
LOCAL
JOINT COMMITTEE
DAY/DATE: MONDAY,
16TH JULY 2007
TIME:
5.30PM
VENUE: COUNCIL
CHAMBER
MUNICIPAL
BUILDINGS
EARLE
STREET
CREWE
GROUP LAB:
4.30PM East Committee
Room
MEETINGS CON:
5.00PM West Committee
Room
Despatch date: 6th July
2007
E-Mail: agendas@crewe-nantwich.gov.uk
To: Members of the Highways and Transportation Local
Joint Committee
(Borough Councillors: Councillors R A Bailey J
A Beech, D J Cannon,
B H Dykes, G Fenton, J I Stockton, D J
Straine-Francis and R Salmon)
(County Councillors: D Brickhill, D Flude, J G
A Fyffe, A Moran, D J Newton,
P Nurse, A Richardson and M J Simon)
Borough and County Council Officers, Local
press and radio
Notes for Members of the Public
The Highways & Transportation Local
Joint Committee comprises 16 elected members, 8 representing
Cheshire County Council and 8 representing Crewe & Nantwich
Borough Council. The names of the Councillors are provided on
the front page of the agenda.
The Highways and Transportation Local Joint
Committee welcomes and encourages members of the public to attend
its meetings.
If you plan to attend, please report to the
Reception Desk in the Municipal Buildings, where you will be
provided with a Visitor’s Pass.
Car parking is not available at the
Municipal Buildings, but there are several town centre car
parks. There is a disabled access to the rear of the
Municipal Buildings, and this can be accessed through the side door
on Vernon Way. Please press the button for attention, and
someone will meet you and escort you through to the main reception
area.
You are asked to remain quiet whilst the
meeting is taking place, and to enter and leave the meeting room,
or public gallery of the Council Chamber, as quietly as
possible. Please ensure that if you have a mobile phone or
pager, it is switched off for the duration of the meeting.
You are not allowed to have drinks or food
in the meeting rooms, nor in the Public Gallery, other than
refreshments offered by the Borough Council.
Fire Evacuation
If the fire alarm rings, you should make
your way to the nearest exit with your belongings, as quickly as
possible, and leave the building. Please follow any
instructions from staff about evacuation
routes.
Copies of the agenda will be available if
you attend. Agendas are also made available on the Internet and can
be accessed via the Borough Council’s website – see front page for
details.
On occasions, members of the press and
public will be excluded from the meetings when the business to be
transacted is of a confidential nature, for example, dealing with
individual people, contracts and financial affairs of other
parties.
If you require any further information,
please contact Carol Jones, the Committee Officer (details on front
page).
AGENDA
1. ELECTION
OF CHAIR AND DEPUTY CHAIR
To elect a Chair (from the County
Council representation) and Deputy Chair (from the Borough Council
representation) for the Municipal Year.
In accordance with the County Council’s
Standing Orders, in the event of there being one nomination only
for each vacancy, the election will be conducted by a show of
hands.
If the office is contested, a secret ballot
will be held. Where no person receives more than half of the
votes cast, the name of the person with least number of votes will
be withdrawn and further ballots held until one person receives a
clear majority.
If there is an equality of votes as
a result of a secret ballot, the common-law position of casting
lots (ie “toss of a coin”) will be adopted.
2.
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Any Member present (including non-Committee
Members) to declare any personal or prejudicial interest, and the
nature of the interest, which they have in any item of business on
the agenda and, if necessary, to leave the meeting prior to
discussion of that item.
Members who also serve as Town or Parish
Councillors are reminded of the need to make declarations in
respect of any item which directly concerns the business of the
appropriate authority.
Declarations are a personal matter for each
Member to decide. Whilst Officers will advise on the Code of
Conduct and its interpretation, the decision to declare, or not, is
the responsibility of the Member, based on the particular
circumstances.
3. MINUTES
OF MEETING HELD ON 23RD APRIL 2007
To approve the Minutes of the meeting
held on 23rd April 2007.
(3)
4.
QUESTIONS BY ELECTORS AND PETITIONS
To consider any questions or petitions
received from members of the public in accordance with the County
Council’s Standing Order No. 35, as adopted by the Local Joint
Committee.
The Local Joint Committee is reminded that in
accordance with this Standing Order, questions must be received in
writing at least three clear working days before the meeting takes
place. The questioner must sign and date the document containing
the question.
Petitions may be presented and must relate to
an issue which falls within the powers of the Local Joint
Committee. Notification that a petition is to be presented
must be in writing at least three clear working days before the
meeting takes place.
FOR DECISION
5.
ALLEY-GATING (THE
CLEAN NEIGHBOURHOODS AND ENVIRONMENT ACT 2005) – INTERIM POLICY
CONSULTATION
The document “Alley-gating – Policy and
Procedure for Implementation of Gating Orders on Highways
(including Public Rights of Way recorded on the definitive map) in
Cheshire” as an interim policy with effect from 20th
April 2007.
The document cannot be adopted as a full
policy until a consultation process has been undertaken with
relevant stakeholders. The Local Joint Committee is being
formally consulted.
The report of the County Engineer
(5) invites the Local Joint Committee to submit
comments on the document.
6. PETITION
RECEIVED: GOULDEN STREET, CREWE –
REMOVAL OF GRASS VERGES FOR PARKING
A petition, signed by 111 people, has been
received in respect of the removal of the highway verges along
Goulden Street, Crewe, to allow vehicles to park off the
carriageway.
The report of the County Engineer
(6) gives details of the petition and invites the
Local Joint Committee to resolve that a limited scheme of
verge-hardening be identified, prioritised and included in the
programme funded in partnership with Crewe and Nantwich Borough
Council.
A copy of the petition (Appendix 1) is
enclosed as part of the separate background documents for Members
of the Local Joint Committee and appropriate Officers only. A
copy is available for inspection by members of the public.
7. PETITION
RECEIVED : REQUEST FOR
SPEED LIMIT, MAIN ROAD, WORLESTON
Members will recall that at the last meeting
of the Committee (23rd April 2007) a petition was
presented by the Chair of Worleston and District Parish Council,
requesting a speed limit on this road. The petition has been
signed by 152 residents who have requested that a speed limit on
the B5074 be introduced as a matter of urgency.
The report of the County Engineer
(7) gives details of the petition and asks the
Local Joint Committee to resolve –
(a) That,
should County Policy permit, a speed limit assessment be carried
out at Main Road, Worleston and any necessary consultations and
Orders advertised; and
(b) That a
report be submitted to the next meeting of the Local Joint
Committee informing Members of speed reducing proposals at this
location.
A copy of the petition is enclosed as part
of the separate background documents for Members of the Local Joint
Committee and appropriate Officers only. A copy is available
for inspection by members of the
public.
8. PETITIONS
RECEIVED – REQUEST FOR A SPEED LIMIT AND ENVIRONMENTAL WEIGHT LIMIT
- A534 WISTASTON
Requests in the form of petitions have been
received from residents along the A534 at Wistaston for –
+ A 30 mph speed limit
+ A 7.5 tonne weight limit
+ Alteration to signing along the
A500
The report of the County Engineer
(8) gives details of the requests and invites the
Local Joint Committee to authorise an investigation of the options
for reducing heavy commercial vehicles (HCVs) on the A534 Crewe
Road. A report on the results would be submitted to a future
meeting of the Committee.
A copy of the petition is enclosed as part
of the separate background documents for Members of the Local Joint
Committee and appropriate Officers only. A copy is available
for inspection by members of the public.
9. PROPOSED NEW
HACKNEY CARRIAGE STAND - NANTWICH ROAD,
CREWE
The Borough Council proposes to appoint a
stand for 3 Hackney Carriages on the North side of Nantwich Road,
Crewe in the current lay-by which is 10 metres West of the West
kerb-line of Westminster Street, Westwards for 21 metres, during
the hours of 22.00 each evening until 06.00 the following morning,
as shown on Plan 1 attached to the report of the County Engineer
(9).
The Local Joint Committee is asked to approve
the proposal and to grant the advertising of the necessary Order
under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
(FOR INFORMATION)
10. PEDESTRIAN
CROSSING SURVEY, ACTON
Following a petition from residents requesting
a pedestrian crossing on Chester Road, Acton, an assessment has
been undertaken.
The report of the County Engineer
(10) gives details of the results and Members of
the Local Joint Committee will note that the location falls far
short of the criteria for a pedestrian crossing.
(FOR DECISION)
11. WILLASTON
TO BRINE LEAS SCHOOL, NANTWICH - CYCLE ROUTE
Following receipt of a successful grant
application, it is proposed to introduce improved cycling and
pedestrian facilities between Willaston and Brine Leas School,
Nantwich.
The report of the County Engineer
(11) invites the Local Joint Committee to resolve
–
(a) That
public notice be given to remove the appropriate part of a footway
under Section 66(4) of the Highways Act 1980 and a cycle track
constructed under Section 65(1) at the following locations –
(i) Newcastle
Road, Willaston, North side from its junction with Elwood Way,
Eastwards for a distance of 390 m.
(ii) Audlem
Road, Nantwich, South side from its junction with Peter de
Stapleigh Way Westwards for a distance of 70 m.
(b) That
public notice be given of the intention to install a Toucan
crossing at the A500, Willaston approximately 120 m North of its
junction with the A51 Newcastle Road.
12. CREWE
ACCESS STRATEGY – ACCESSIBLE KEY ROUTE NORTH STREET TO CREWE TOWN
CENTRE: PROPOSED
PEDESTRIAN CROSSING – NORTH STREET, CREWE
Funding has been allocated in the Integrated
Area Programme to install a pedestrian crossing at North Street,
Crewe.
The report of the County Engineer
(12) gives details of the proposal. The
Local Joint Committee is asked to resolve –
That public notice be given under Section 23
of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 of the intention to install
a Puffin crossing at B5076 North Street, Crewe approximately 225 m
East of its junction with Broughton Road.
13. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF
30 MPH SPEED LIMIT - COBBS LANE, HOUGH
It is proposed to extend the existing 30 mph
speed limit along Cobbs Lane, Hough, Southwards for a distance of
148 metres, as show on the plan attached to the report of the
County Engineer (13).
The Local Joint Committee is asked to
authorise the proposal.
(FOR INFORMATION)
14. PROJECT
PROGRESS To receive the report of the County Engineer
(14) which up-dates the Local Joint Committee on
highway schemes to be carried out within the Borough during
2007/2008 and Traffic Regulation Orders which have been approved by
the Local Joint Committee but not yet implemented.
15. DATE OF NEXT
MEETING
29th October 2007
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