Report of Corporate Director for Place

The Working Party received a report of the Corporate Director for Place that appraised Members of the requests received from Members of the Council together with officers’ recommendations relating to those requests.

Resolved:-

That the Cabinet Committee be recommended:

1.  That no further action be taken in respect of the following requests and that they be removed from the list:

16/02 – Extend existing junction protection at Feeches Road junction with Rochford Road;

16/05 – Extend restrictions in Frobisher Way towards ASDA exit end;

16/06 – Introduction of restrictions in Southchurch Boulevard by Centenary Place;

16/08 – Propose waiting restrictions in Thorpe Hall Close to protect driveway;

2.  That consideration of the following requests be deferred and retained on the list:

15/08 – Verge hardening in eastern end of Riviera Drive;

16/11 – Introduction of waiting restrictions in Colbert Avenue west of the church.

3.  That request reference no. 14/15 regarding the widening of the pedestrian refuge Ness Road, Shoeburyness, be removed from the list of Member’s Requests and added to the list of priorities for approved traffic schemes /maintenance programme or until such time as alternative funding sources can be identified.

4.  That the outcome of the investigation regarding request reference 15/01 for the amendment to the priority for traffic in North, South and Central Avenues be reported to the next meeting for consideration.

5.  That, in the event of there being no further response from Ward Councillors in the next two weeks in respect request reference 15/07 for a pedestrian crossing in Elmsleigh Drive near Rayleigh Drive, the request be removed from the list and no further be taken in respect to the matter.

6.  That request reference 15/18 regarding the creation of new parking facilities and the review of waiting restrictions in Saxon Gardens, Delaware Crescent, Blyth Avenue and Bunters Avenue be retained on the list and investigated in 2016/17 as part of the wider review of the historic waiting restrictions and officers be requested to investigate the possibility of creating a new parking facility in the crescent slip road at the western section of Delaware Road opposite Blyth Avenue.

7.  That in respect of request reference 15/19 for the introduction of a one way system in Saxon Gardens, Ward Councillors be requested to undertake a survey of the residents to assess the preferred direction of flow and that upon receipt of the outcome of the survey, the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to advertise the appropriate traffic regulation order.

8.  That request reference 16/01 for the introduction of waiting restrictions or a parking management scheme to deter airport parking in Rochford Road service road, be retained on the list and that officers arrange a meeting with Ward Councillors and appropriate representatives of the airport to discuss the wider issue of airport parking.

9.  That, with regard to request reference 16/03, the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to advertise the necessary traffic regulation order to introduce limited waiting in Rayleigh Road, Eastwood between Edwards Hall School and Jones Corner to encourage parking turnover for local shops and business.

10.  That, with regard to request reference 16/04 for the hardening of verges in Silversea Avenue, Ward Councillors be requested to undertake consultation with residents in accordance with the verge hardening policy.

11.  That request reference 16/07 for the introduction of waiting restrictions on the bend in Campfield Road, Shoeburyness by Cumberland Packaging be retained on the list to enable further investigations to undertaken and any appropriate controls to be identified.

12.  That, with regard to request reference 16/09, the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to advertise the necessary traffic regulation order to introduce one way traffic flow in a northerly direction in Lansdowne Avenue and subject to there being no objections received following statutory advertisement to arrange for the order to be confirmed.

13.  That, with regard to request reference 16/10, the Corporate Director for Place be authorised to advertise the necessary traffic regulation order to introduce a one hour waiting restriction in Salisbury Road at the Western Road area, the timing of which restriction to be determined in consultation with the Ward Councillors and subject to there being no objections received following statutory advertisement to arrange for the order to be confirmed.