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 type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Notice of proposed decision first published: 15/03/2022
Decision due: Not before 23 Mar 2022 by Cabinet Member for Transport, Street Scene and Flooding
Lead member: Cllr Dr Mark McClelland mark.mcclelland@wiltshire.gov.uk
Department: Place
Contact: Paul Shaddock / 01722 434671 / Email: paul.shaddock@wiltshire.gov.uk.
Consultation process
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.