Date received: 16 May 2024
Signatures received: 106
Name of petitioner: Cllr Sam Payne
Petition response:
Dear Councillor Payne
RECEIPT OF PETITION – Speed and Weight Restrictions on Wrottesley Park Road, Perton
I refer to the petition, signed by local residents regarding the request to consider a speed and weight restriction on Wrottesley Park Road.
The County Council justifies the significant investment of road safety improvements on the basis of a reduction in personal injury collisions at the location. Each accident saved produces a cost benefit to society as a whole through reduced emergency service involvement, reduced hospital costs, reduced loss of earnings for injured parties and loss of productivity, reduced insurance claims and so on.
Every site that is recommended for treatment on an accident basis is prioritised for funding across the County. As the budget for road safety improvements is finite it is the sites with the greatest proven need which are treated first and these will have a cluster of incidents with a discernible trend or pattern in the cause of each.
Wrottesley Park Road does not meet the criteria in terms of speed related collisions for speed reducing engineering measures to be considered at this time.
Installing traffic calming measures without justification on an accident basis leaves the Council open to criticism that there is no human or cost benefit to society, an investment of thousands of pounds with no substantial return to the tax payer.
Wrottesley Park Road is designed to take freight traffic connecting the A454 and the A41 and it may not be feasible to introduce a weight restriction here. However, this matter will be discussed with County Councillor Jak Abrahams at the earliest convenience.
Thank you once again for your petition and for bringing this matter to our attention.
Yours sincerely
Mark Keeling
Community Highway Manager