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Petitions received 2024/25

 
Answer:

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

Answer:

 Date received: 16 May 2024
Signatures received: 50
Name of petitioner: Catherine Pearce

Petition response:

RECEIPT OF PETITION – Weight Restriction on Craythorne Lane, Stretton

I refer to the petition regarding the request for implementing a weight restriction on Craythorne Lane, Stretton. I can advise you that receipt of the petition will be reported to County Councillor Bernard Peters.

As the Highway Authority we are responsible for the maintenance of the highway network and in general cannot dictate the vehicles which use it, other than in some specific locations where weight restrictions are implemented. However, where the vehicles are legitimately accessing properties and/or business in the area such a restriction is not possible.

Whilst a traffic regulation order such as vehicular weight restriction can help reduce numbers of HCVs, any weight restriction that we implement would always have to be ‘except for access’ therefore vehicles that need to use the route still can.

There are no current plans to implement a weight restriction on Craythorne Lane, but there is a study to look at issues around Stretton including looking at the speeding along the road. Currently commissioned is a Speed and Volume survey which will give us more of an indication on whether there is scope to reduce the speed limit and will also provide us with the volume and classification of vehicles using this road.

Your concerns have been passed on to the local engineers for consideration however, we will continue to monitor this location in the meantime.

Thank you once again for your petition and for bringing this matter to our attention.

Yours sincerely

Richard Rayson

Community Highways Manager

Answer:

Date received: 16 May 2024
Signatures received: 447
Name of petitioner: Yvonne Sheldon

Petition response:

Dear Mr & Mrs Sheldon,

I refer to the petition signed by local residents, for improved street lighting and traffic calming measures in Kings Bromley.

Staffordshire County Council takes road safety extremely seriously and as the Local Highway Authority we have a statutory responsibility to analyse road traffic collision data where this involves personal injury or, as is the case with the tragic event your petition refers to, a fatal incident; and act as appropriate to reduce these numbers.

Broader information on how the Council prioritises road safety improvements is available on our website at: Road safety issues - Staffordshire County Council but essentially our priority is to target available resources at road safety interventions that have the greatest impact, based on data from reported road traffic collisions where these have involved personal injury. Any treatable pattern of accidents identified will have proportionate remedial measures put forward for funding and will be prioritised against other locations in Staffordshire. The key is based on a pattern rather than the severity of collision, although if there is a pattern of severe collisions then this takes greater priority.

The above forms the basis for how all highway authorities in England manage risk on their road networks.

In addition, and importantly; we also liaise with our local communities to understand their individual aspirations and work collaboratively to tackle any road safety concerns. The local Community Highways team are aware of road safety concerns in Kings Bromley and have discussed these with local County Councillor Richard Cox, who has prioritised and funded an investigation through his Divisional Highway Programme, to establish the feasibility of street lighting and pedestrian provision improvements on the A515. The report is expected to be concluded in late 2024.

In the meantime, local Highways officers will continue to work collaboratively with Cllr Richard Cox and Kings Bromley Parish Council in relation to concerns raised by the local community and the possibility of installing Speed Indicator Devices.

Kind regards,

Garry Hunt
Community Highway Manager

 

Answer:

Date received: 12 June 2024
Signatures received: 1076
Name of petitioner: Sue Bell

Petition response:

Awaiting response.

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