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Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

Venue: Conference Room A - Civic Offices. View directions

Contact: Joanne Wildsmith, Democratic Services Tel: 9283 4057  Email: joanne.wildsmith@portsmouthcc.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

28.

Apologies

Minutes:

There were no apologies for absence from the party spokespersons who were all present, but the ward councillors apologised that they were away so could not attend.

29.

Declarations of Members' Interests

Minutes:

There were no declarations of members' interests.

30.

Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) 28 2016 Abbeydore Road pdf icon PDF 182 KB

The purpose of the report by the Director of Transport, Environment & Business Support is to consider the responses to the public consultation on proposals under TRO 28 2016: Abbeydore Road.  When objections are received to proposed Traffic Regulation Orders, it is a statutory requirement to consider them at a formal decision meeting.

 

RECOMMENDED that the proposed verge parking places (wholly/ partially) in Abbeydore Road are implemented as per the scheme design.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Martin Lavers, the Assistant Head of Service, presented the report of the Director of Transport, Environment and Business Support, accompanied by Cellestine Jeacock the project manager.  He explained the background to this, having been approached by residents regarding parking problems in the area, with many cars parking up on the pavement which caused blockages for pedestrians, wheelchair users and those with pushchairs.  The grass verges were being churned up by the informal parking taking place.  Solutions had been considered, and it was felt that 'dragons teeth' wooden post would not be suitable for this area.  Therefore the alternative solution of hard standings on some of the verges was being considered, and the drawing circulated illustrated the verges and the on/off pavement parking. The aim was to balance accessibility with access for vehicles driving down the road to allow room for emergency and waste collection vehicles. 

 

Officers had been in touch with those residents who had requested dropped kerbs; 2 had not responded, 2 no longer wanted them and 2 were still in discussions to ensure they were aware of their need to undertake works to allow further access to their properties via their gardens.  They had met with residents, including Mr Finney, on site to discuss the plans and the layout had been changed, where appropriate, to accommodate requests which would benefit the whole scheme.  Mr Lavers reported that whilst the scheme did not provide additional parking, it aimed to make the best use of the space (and did not reduce parking).  The markings and hard standings would give a more controlled parking environment, but double yellow lines were not planned as part of this.

 

Deputations were made by two members of the public Mr Finney and Mr Morgan to raise objections and comments on the proposed scheme whose points included:

 

·         The cut out at no.51 would only produce 1 parking space

 

·         Questioning the size of the kerb drops on the north side, and raising concerns about putting parking on the north side

 

·         A major concern was the condition of the road surface in Abbeydore Road, circulating photographs showing the broken up tarmac, and it would be a waste to put the markings down on this surface which was deteriorating when it needed repairing, and was considerably worse than roads in the neighbouring ward, and the worry was that if the painting took place the repairs would never happen

 

·         The local convention was to park on the south side and now there would be parking on both sides of the road and there were already problems with multiple private cars and business vehicles per house, such as taxis, which block the highway and were likely to continue to park on the verges.

 

·         There had been several meetings over the last 2 years, with the previous Cabinet Member and Hampshire Constabulary, and the plan no longer looked like the original plan and many of the residents in the road no longer knew what was going on.

 

·         The additional parking at  ...  view the full minutes text for item 30.