Why have bollards been installed on Cookswood road

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Dear Mr Moore

Thank you for your email of the 27th February 2009 regarding the provision
of bollards on Cooks Wood Road.

The Councils Burngreave Area Panel have authorised the provision of these
bollards, in the grassed verge outside numbers 26 and 28 Cooks Wood Road.
A request was received from the residents at these addresses to prevent
vehicles overrunning the verge and driving past their driveways at speed
where pedestrians could be waiting to cross. The problem is caused by
vehicles wanting to make the left turn at the traffic signals at the
Rutland Road junction and running along the verge rather than waiting in
the queue of traffic. In order to prevent this potentially dangerous
manoeuvre, bollards were placed at this locations.

The funding for the bollards was agreed by the Burngreave Area Panel out
of their Small Highway Schemes Budget. Each of the 12 Area Panels across
the City receive £10,000 each from the Local Transport Plan budget
provided to the Council by the Department of Transport. Each Panel is
then able to determine its local priorities with this.

I hope this answers your question.

Andy Godson
Transport Planner
Transport and Highways Division
Howden House
Tel 27 34479

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Dear Mr Moore

Thank you for your emails of the 7th and 11th March regarding the above.

We were contacted by the residents of 26 and 28 Cookswood Road and were made aware of vehicles over running the verge area and in front of their driveway, this was resulting in damage to the verge and a potential danger for pedestrians.

From the information given and a subsequent site inspection it appeared that this was a localised problem. Residents in the properties below these locations have not contacted this department to complain of similar behaviour.

I can inform you that the cost of these measures was £1246. As previously stated this was funded out of the Burngreave Area Panel Small Highway Schemes budget.

I hope this answers your question.

regards

Andy Godson
Transport Planner
Transport and Highways Division
Howden House
Tel 27 34479

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