Decision details

To:

(i)               Consider the comments received following the formal advertisement of three Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs hereafter) proposing to make Queen Street, Salisbury a pedestrian and cycle only zone.

(ii)              Recommend the making of the TROs as advertised.

DECISION MADE

            I approve that:

(i)               The proposed TROs be implemented as advertised.

(ii)              The correspondents who commented on the Council’s proposals be informed accordingly.

               This decision was published on 24 March 2022 and will come into force on 1 April 2022.          

The Council’s proposals would remove the above ability for motor vehicles to use Queen Street.  Doing so will reduce the risk of motor vehicle conflict with pedestrians or cyclists travelling along Queen Street and thereby contribute to an improvement in road safety.

The proposals will serve to help meet both Wiltshire Council’s and Salisbury City Council’s aim of making Salisbury City Centre more pedestrian friendly.

The introduction of contraflow cycling in Queen Street and High Street will help to encourage cycling as a sustainable mode of travel.

The proposals are in accordance with Priorities 2 and 4 of the Council’s Business Plan.

To:

(i)               Implement the proposed TRO as advertised.

(ii)              Amend the proposed TRO in consideration of the comments received.

(iii)            Abandon the proposals.

Consultation has been undertaken with:

·                  The elected Wiltshire Council Members representing Salisbury Wards

·                  Councillor Paul Sample, who represents the Salisbury St. Edmund’s Ward in which Queen Street is located, has submitted an objection to the Council’s proposals

·                  The elected Salisbury City Council Members for all Salisbury Wards through the statutory TRO consultation process

·                  Emergency services through the statutory TRO consultation process

·                  The local bus company, Salisbury Reds, through the statutory TRO consultation process

·                  Members of the public through the statutory TRO consultation process

The proposed TROs were subject to formal consultation between 20 January 2022 and 14 February 2022.  During the consultation period a total of 10 items of correspondence were received in response to the Council’s proposals. Of the 10 items received, three expressed support for the Council’s proposals, six objected to the Council’s proposals and one supported the Council’s proposals in principle but offered comments on them.