Agenda item

Cllr Simon Coombes gave an overview of the recommendations from the meeting of the Community Area Transport Group held on Friday 12 November 2010. The purpose of this meeting was to prioritise traffic scheme, grit bin and dropped kerb requests in the Bradford on Avon Community Area.

Points made by Cllr Simon Coombes included:

• The first meeting had been a positive one.

• The group were encouraged by the fact that they can now view Wiltshire Council’s transport statistics.

• It was agreed that the grit bin assessment had been a worth while exercise.

Decision

·        Transport Schemes

A total of 47 requests for small scale traffic schemes had been put forward in the Bradford on Avon Community Area. Following discussion from the Community Area Transport Group it is recommended that:

i) That Bradford on Avon Town Council were asked to put forward either Trowbridge Road (from Poulton to Junction – request no. 3) or Bath Road/ Mount Pleasant (request no. 18 & 19) for a feasibility study.

ii) That a feasibility study is undertaken to look at the possibilities for a school crossing in Holt (request no.33).

iii) That a feasibility study is undertaken to look at the possibilities for the provision of a footway on Magdalen Lane (A366) in Wingfield (request no. 12)

iv) In addition it was recommended that requests from Town and Parish Councils, the Safer Community Action Group and those submitted via the area board issue tracker is amalgamated into one list and that this list be circulated to all town and parish councils to enable any additional local knowledge to be added.

v) It was also requested that information regarding ‘cluster sites’ (where there are a large number of motor vehicle accidents) was made available to the group for information purposes as this drives the allocation of a separate stream of funding.

Grit bins

A total of 32 requests had been received for new grit bins across the community area.  The area board had been allocated a total of 6 new grit bins for this financial year. 

vi) It is recommended that one new grit bin is provided to each of the following parishes but that the exact location would have to be negotiated with the area highways team as not all locations are suitable for grit bins: Limpley Stoke, Wingfield, Winsley, Staverton,  Holt, Monkton Farleigh

In addition, it is recommended that

vii) The location of current grit bins in the town of Bradford of Avon is reassessed to ensure that the maximum community benefit is derived from the existing stock.

viii) Persimmon are approached and asked to replace the grit bin that was located at the end of School Lane in Staverton as this was removed during the development of the new housing estate.

ix) The area highways team are asked to look into whether Thesfield Drive can be added to the main gritting route as this would enable access for a large number of residents.

Dropped kerbs

A total of 35 requests had been submitted by town and parish councils and residents for the installation of dropped kerbs.

x) It was recommended that two dropped kerbs be installed at Broadstones, Monkton Farleigh as this was a feasible option which would benefit a considerable number of residents.

The Chairman thanked Cllr Coombes for his update.