REGULATORY PANEL (PLANNING AND
15 SEPTEMBER 2005
TRANSPORTATION)
SUBJECT:
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT UNIT
REPORT OF: THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN VISION
1.0.
PART 1
OPERATIONAL
POLICY
FOR DECISION
PURPOSE OF REPORT.
This report details the proceedings of the Traffic Management Unit on the 31 August
2005 and puts forward the recommendation of the Unit regarding the following:a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
Strawberry Road, Salford
Seedley Park Road, Salford
Crown Street, Salford
Old Wellington Road, Eccles
Broadway, Salford
Bristol Street, Salford
Hill Top Road, Walkden
2.0
RECOMMENDATIONS.
2.1
That approval be given to recommendations of the Unit on each item considered in
the report.
3.0.
ROUTE.
3.1
Regulatory Panel (Planning and Transportation)
4.0.
IMPLICATIONS.
4.1.
Resources:
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
4.5.
4.6.
4.7.
Performance Review:
Environmental:
Equal Opportunities:
Community Strategy:
Anti-Poverty:
CustomerConsultation
and Involvement:
Unless otherwise stated, all schemes to be funded from the
existing Revenue budget.
No implications.
Improved road safety and environmental conditions.
No implications.
No implications.
No implications.
No implications.
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BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS:
AS ENCLOSED
MRS T PATEL
0161 793 3839
QUALITY CONTROL
Report prepared by: MISS G BURGESS
Reviewed by:
MRS T PATEL
Development Services Directorate, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, M27 5BW
a)
WARD(S) AFFECTED:
IRWELL RIVERSIDE
WARD COUNCILLORS:
J HOLT, J MURPHY, J HULMES
CONTACT OFFICER:
CHRIS PAYNE (X3845)
STRAWBERRY ROAD, PENDLETON
Over the course of the last few years the parking situation on Strawberry Road has gradually
deteriorated to the point that during the course of the day both the footway and carriageway
are severely obstructed preventing access to vehicles and use by pedestrians.
Observations have been conducted and established that vehicles park on both sides of
Strawberry Road and the surrounding area. Vehicles are also parked on the junctions thus
disrupting the required visibility splay and compromising highway safety
Due to the narrow road width of Strawberry Road, at certain points where vehicles are parked
only a small vehicle can negotiate a path along Strawberry Road. During the times
observations were conducted delivery vehicles were seen having to reverse back onto
Frederick Road due to their inability to access Strawberry Road.
The same situation would also be experienced by emergency service vehicles should they
require access into the road.
Under normal circumstances where the offence of obstruction is committed this matter is
enforceable by the Police Service and over the last couple of years the Local Community
Constable has attempted to address this problem by carrying out enforcement action. This
has had no effect at deterring inappropriate parking which obstructs both the footway and
carriageway.
Investigation has established that the main generator of parked vehicles in this area comes
from people who are attending Salford University which coincides with the parking problem
ceasing when the University closes for the holiday period.
Each year the residents contact the Local Authority when the parking situation resumes but to
date the matter has not been able to be satisfactorily resolved with a solution acceptable to
the residents.
Gerrard St and Nichols Street also experience a similar situation but due to their wider
carriageway width vehicles can travel along these roads. The area for concern at this location
is the junction of these roads where vehicles park within 10m of the junction disrupting the
visibility and available space for vehicle manoeuvrability.
The Greater Manchester Police have now written to the Local Authority highlighting their
concerns and requesting measures to control the situation.
With proposed further developments of Salford University it is envisaged that the situation will
escalate even further.
A consultation has been conducted with the 21 properties on Strawberry Road, 2 properties
on Nichols St and 1 property on Gerard St . Within the consultation two options were
submitted to the residents showing different variations in no waiting at any time regulations
that could be introduced to address the situation.
A total of 9 responses were received from the residents of Strawberry Road with 7 in favour of
option 1 and 2 against any of the proposals. No response was received from the properties
on Nichols St and Gerard St.
In view of the response from the residents and the requirement to maintain highway safety it
is therefore proposed to introduce option 1 from the consultation which is a series of no
waiting at anytime regulations. Emergency services have no objections to the
recommendation.
3 Year Accident Analysis
There have been no recorded personal injury collisions at this particular location within the
last three years.
Estimated Cost
Approximately £600
RECOMMENDATION
INTRODUCTION OF
NO WAITING AT ANY TIME
Strawberry Road:
North side, from its junction with Frederick Road to its junction with Gore Street.
South side, from its junction with Frederick Road to a point 10m north west of the northerly
kerbline of Gerrard St.
Gerard Street:
South side, from a point 10m south west of the southerly kerbline of Gerard Street for a
distance of 26 m in a north easterly direction
b)
WARD(S) AFFECTED:
LANGWORTHY
WARD COUNCILLORS:
G LOVEDAY, A SALMON, J WARMISHAM
CONTACT OFFICER:
GAYNOR BURGESS (X3864)
SEEDLEY PARK ROAD, SALFORD
On 31 January 2005 Lead Member approved the introduction of traffic calming measures in
the Langworthy Road area. The scheme comprised of road humps, speed cushions, speed
tables, chicanes, a 20 mph speed limit and is now ready to be implemented on site.
Originally it was proposed to introduce 4 sets of speed cushions and 3 chicanes on Seedley
Park Road. During the final design stage of the scheme, it became apparent the proposed
chicane on Seedley Park Road at its junction with Trail Street would hinder turning
manoeuvres.
It is therefore proposed to remove the chicane and replace it with 2 sets of speed cushions on
Seedley Park Road. Rather than delay the scheme and re-advertise the original traffic
regulation order covering the whole area it is proposed to advertise the 2 additional speed
cushions separately. Emergency services have no objections to the recommendation.
3 Year Accident Analysis
No recorded accidents at this junction.
Estimated Cost
£3000
RECOMMENDATION
INTRODUCTION OF
SPEED CUSHIONS
Seedley Park Road
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Additional 2 sets
c)
WARD(S) AFFECTED:
IRWELL RIVERSIDE
WARD COUNCILLORS:
J HOLT, J HULMES, J MURPHY
CONTACT OFFICER:
GAYNOR BURGESS (X3864)
CROWN STREET, SALFORD 3
A complaint has been received regarding parked cars causing access problems on Crown
Street, Salford.
A loading area and off road parking is accessed from Crown Street and there are working day
waiting restrictions on both sides. It is claimed approximately 2 months ago the time plates
governing the restrictions were removed and vehicles now park on Crown Street all day
making access very difficult.
Parking Services have carried out a site inspection and confirmed the signs are missing and
the restrictions are in very poor condition making enforcement impossible. They have
replaced the signs on numerous occasions and it is their opinion any further replacements
would be removed.
Site observations have confirmed the claims and it is therefore proposed to introduce no
waiting at any time restrictions as shown on the attached plan. Emergency services have no
objections to the recommendation.
3 Year Accident Analysis
No recorded accidents
Estimated Cost
£600
RECOMMENDATION
AMENDMENT OF
THE CITY OF SALFORD (MANCHESTER AND SALFORD INNER RELIEF ROUTE STAGE
II) BLACKFRIARS ROAD TO GORE STREET SECTION) (PROHIBITION OF WAITING)
ORDER, 1988
No Waiting 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 12.30pm Saturdays
In so far as it relates to:Delete: Crown Street, both sides, from Bury Street for its entire length
Amend: Bury Street, both sides, between William Street and Cross Street
To read:
Bury Street, both sides, from its junction with Cross Street in a north westerly direction for a
distance of 140 metres.
Amend: William Street, both sides from Bury Street to its cul-de-sac end
To read:
William Street, both sides from a point 3 metres south west of Boom Street to a point 27
metres north east of Sullivan Way and William Street both sides from a point 28 metres south
west of the western kerbline of Crown Street for a distance of 75 metres in a south westerly
direction.
INTRODUCTION OF
NO WAITING AT ANY TIME
Crown Street, both sides, from Bury Street for its entire length.
William Street, both sides, from the western kerbline of Crown Street in a westerly direction
for a distance of 28 metres.
Bury Street, both sides, from its junction with Crown Street/William Street to a point 23 metres
north west of the western kerbline of Garden Lane.
d)
WARD(S) AFFECTED:
ECCLES
WARD COUNCILLORS:
A BROUGHTON, J MURPHY, E SHEEHY
CONTACT OFFICER:
CHRIS PAYNE (x3845)
OLD WELLINGTON ROAD, ECCLES
Old Wellington Road is the main access road for the Lyntown Industrial Estate and is used by
most categories of vehicles in particular rigid and articulated goods vehicles.
Go Goodwins a coach company situated on Old Wellington Road have written to the Local
Authority highlighting difficulties that their coach drivers experience due to parked vehicles
when they are travelling along Old Wellington Road exiting the estate.
For vehicles which are exiting the estate the final stages of Old Wellington Road are formed
on a slight right hand bend which continues onto a straight section of road inclined to the point
where the road sharply deviates to the right. The road then continues to the junction with
Chadwick Road.
During a recent site investigation a coach driver for Go Goodwins conducted a demonstration
drive to highlight the problems as they approach and travel along the section of road
previously described.
Due to parked vehicles on the north side of Old Wellington Road, as the coach approached
the first slight hand bend the driver had to position his vehicle on the offside within the
opposing lane to negotiate a path past the vehicles. It was noted that when the coach is
positioned on the offside the forward visibility for the driver is reduced resulting in situations
where the vehicle continues onto the straight section road to be met by vehicles travelling in
the opposite direction. When this occurs the driver has to reverse his vehicle as there are no
points available for him to pull in and wait. Due to the vehicles length and highway layout this
causes difficulty for the driver and compromises highway safety due to the length of reversing
manoeuvre that has to be conducted.
The second point of conflict occurs as a vehicle travels towards the sharp deviation. On the
approach to this area situations are occurring when vehicles travelling in opposing directions
suddenly meet and have to brake sharply. Again due to parked vehicles the area available for
a vehicle to pull in safely is insufficient to avoid conflicting situations. The situations
experienced by the coach driver have also been observed occurring to other drivers on Old
Wellington Road.
To address this situation it is proposed to introduce two sections of no waiting at any time
regulations as a means of alleviating the problems previously described. Emergency services
have no objections to the recommendation.
3 Year Accident Analysis
There has been one recorded personal injury collisions within the last three years in a
different section of Old Wellington Road
Estimated Cost
Approximately £1000
RECOMMENDATION
INTRODUCTION OF
NO WAITING AT ANY TIME
Old Wellington Road, north side from a point 134 metres north and then north west of the
junction with the northerly kerbline of Russell Street for a distance of 26 metres in a north
westerly direction.
Old Wellington Road, north side from a point 232 metres north and then north west of the
junction with the northerly kerbline of Russell Street for a distance of 44 metres in a north
westerly then easterly direction.
e)
WARD(S) AFFECTED:
ORDSALL
WARD COUNCILLORS:
A CLAGUE, P DOBBS, T HAROLD
CONTACT OFFICER:
CHRIS PAYNE (X3845)
BROADWAY, SALFORD
Councillor Salmon has forwarded to the Local Authority an email from a company
representative of Insul 8 Ltd expressing concerns about the junction of Michigan Avenue with
Broadway, Salford.
The complainant identified the fact that within the last couple of years the number of parked
vehicles on Broadway has increased and as a consequence of this motorists experience
difficulty when attempting to enter into Broadway from Michigan Avenue.
A site inspection has recently been conducted and it was found that due to number of parked
vehicles and their position on the carriageway the visibility splay at the junction was severely
disrupted.
Motorists were seen to experience difficulty when attempting to enter Broadway due to the
parked vehicles and the associated speeds of vehicles travelling along Broadway. It is
therefore proposed to introduce no waiting at anytime regulations to achieve the maximum
possible visibility splay at this junction. Emergency services have no objections to the
recommendation.
3 Year Accident Analysis
There have been two recorded personal injury collisions at this particular location within the
last three years.
Estimated Cost
Approximately £600
RECOMMENDATION
AMENDMENT OF
THE CITY OF SALFORD (BROADWAY, SALFORD 5) (PROHIBITION OF WAITING)
ORDER 2003
IN SO FAR AS IT RELATES TO:
Broadway, south side, from a point 45m west of the western kerbline of Michigan Avenue, in
an easterly direction to a point 15 meteres east of the eastern kerbline of Michigan Avenue.
To read:
Broadway, south side, from a point 45m west of the western kerbline of Michigan Avenue, in
an easterly direction to a point 90 metres east of the eastern kerbline of Michigan Avenue.
f)
WARD(S) AFFECTED:
BROUGHTON
WARD COUNCILLORS:
J KING, J MERRY, B MURPHY
CONTACT OFFICER:
CHRIS PAYNE (X3845)
BRISTOL STREET,SALFORD
Councillor King has recently brought to the Local Authorities attention a concern raised by a
resident in respect of Bristol Street at its junction with Leicester Road.
The resident highlighted the fact that vehicles are parking on Bristol Street just prior to the
width restrictions which are located 10 metres away from the junction with Leicester Road.
As a consequence of this if a vehicle is attempting to turn into Bristol Street from Leicester
Road this causes manoureving and forward visibility difficulties for the motorist. Likewise if
there is a vehicle travelling in the opposite direction on Bristol Street vehicles have to wait on
Leicester Road before they can turn into the junction which is resulting in the traffic having to
wait on Leicester Road.
Site observations have been conducted and it was seen on both occasions that vehicles were
parking in the area identified on Bristol Street. This would cause difficulties for motorists
manoeuvring within the junction. It was also noted that vehicle are parking on Leicester Road
immediately next to the junction with Bristol Street which was disrupting the visibility splay
This was seen to cause difficulties for drivers when proceeding onto Leicester Road.
In view of these matters and to ensure highway safety it is proposed to introduce no waiting at
anytime regulations around the junction.
3 Year Accident Analysis
There has been one recorded personal injury collision at this particular location within the last
three years.
Estimated Cost
Approximately £600
RECOMMENDATION
INTRODUCTION OF
NO WAITING AT ANY TIME
Bristol Street, both sides, from the junction with the easterly kerbline of Leicester Road for a
distance of 10m in an easterly direction.
Leicester Road, west side, from the junction with the northerly kerbline of Bristol Street for a
distance of 22m in a northerly direction.
Leicester Road, west side, from the junction with the southerly kerbline of Bristol Street for a
distance of 10m in a southerly direction.
g)
WARD(S) AFFECTED:
WALKDEN NORTH
WARD COUNCILLORS:
V DEVINE, B MILLER, B PENNINGTON
CONTACT OFFICER:
CHRIS PAYNE (X3845)
HILL TOP ROAD, WALKDEN
In 1997 outline planning permission was granted for the erection of an education and visitors
centre and alteration to the access road to the Blackleach Country Park situated off John
Street Walkden. Planning Application Number E 37179 refers. During the consultation stages
with the Local Residents it was agreed that a traffic calming scheme would also be
implemented along Hill Top Road as part of the development at the Country Park
The proposed works at the Country Park were part of a lottery bid which subsequently failed
which resulted in the planning permission and traffic calming scheme never being progressed.
The issue of the Traffic Calming Scheme was recently raised by Councillor Miller and it has
subsequently been agreed that a scheme covering the section of Hill Top Road between
Bolton Road and John Street would be funded from the Highways Maintenance Budget.
It is therefore proposed that two flat top humps are introduced on Hill Top Road and a
consultation will be carried out with local residents.
Emergency services have no objections to the recommendation as long as the traffic calming
measures comply with regulations.
3 Year Accident Analysis
There have been no recorded personal injury collisions at this particular location within the
last three years.
Estimated Cost
Approximately £3000
RECOMMENDATION
INTRODUCTION OF
FLAT TOP ROAD HUMPS
Hill Top Road, Walkden
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