Agenda item

The Committee will consider the objections received to the following

proposals - Traffic Regulation Order No 19 2022, Proposed No Waiting At

Any Time, Field Lane, Wood Street, George Street, Talbot Street, Whitaker

Street and Bar Street, Batley.

Contact:

Dean Barker, Principal Engineer, Casualty Reduction

That the objections be overruled, and that Traffic Regulation [No 8] Order 2023, Proposed prohibition of waiting on Dunford Road and Greave Road, Hade Edge be implemented as advertised.

The Committee gave consideration to a report which advised of objections that had been received in respect of Traffic Regulation [No 8] Order 2023, Proposed prohibition of waiting on Dunford Road and Greave Road, Hade Edge presented by Dean Barker, Principal Road Safety Engineer.

The report set out that the scheme, as proposed, required the legal advertising of 3 elements of traffic management.

• Traffic calming – Dunford Rd and Greave Road, Hade Edge traffic calming. This order was advertised between 2 June and 23 June 2023 inclusive.
• Speed Limit Order – (Speed Limit) (No 118) Order 2023
• No Waiting at Any Time – Kirklees (Traffic Regulation) (No 8) Order 2023 The above 2 orders were formally and legally advertised 9 August 2023 – 6 Sept 2023.

It was explained that the priority give way features, with the associated waiting restrictions, were intended to slow down higher speed drivers entering the Village from the rural sections to levels more appropriate for a residential road, followed by a series of vertical traffic calming features. 

During the advertisement of the proposals, 5 objections were received relating to the “proposed waiting restrictions, and details of those objections and the officers responses were set out in the report. The Committee also received further written comment received from an objector which were read by the Governance Officer.

In the discussion to follow the the Committee noted that the scheme was to be introduced to reduce vehicle speed and the likelihood of collisions. The Committee were also satisfied that extensive consultation had taken place with residents, ward Councillors, the Hade Edge residents Association and the Parish Council, as outlined in the report, and noted that the majority of responses were in support of the scheme. In considering all the information presented to it both verbally and in writing it was agreed that:

RESOLVED: The objections be overruled, and the waiting restrictions advertised in TRO (No 8) Order 2023, (Appendix C) be implemented as advertised.