Yellow lines at Imperial Road/West Town Lane junction - decision process

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Dear Mr Goodwin,

I refer to your email dated 27 August 2010 regarding the above matter, which has subsequently been forwarded to me for attention.

In response to your request for further information on this matter, I have listed the information below in the same order in which you asked for it.

1. The original request from Cllr Morris to the Traffic Management Group, the Ald. Williams refers to:

Incoming email dated 7 March 2010:

Hi Andrew,
Thank you for your map showing parking restrictions. I have been contacted by a constituent requesting that these are also applied to the junction of Imperial Road and West Town Lane. Imperial Road is used as an overflow car park from the Imperial Ground. Your comments please.

As a Governor of Burnbush School, I have been asked by the Head could we have road signs on Sturminster Road indicating that the school is in the area. It is off the beaten track. The name requested is Burnbush Primary School and Children Centre. Could you please pass this request on to whoever is responsibility for these signs. Thank you.

Regards David

Response dated 23 March 2010:

Dear Councillor Morris,

Thank you for your response dated 7 March 2010 to my consultation regarding the above.

Your request for further parking restrictions at the junction of West Town Lane and Imperial Road is acknowledged, however, it is considered that this junction is too isolated to be addressed as part of the Sturminster Road / Craydon Road parking restriction scheme. Your constituents request will, however, be retained on file for future consideration should a parking restriction scheme be progressed in the area as part of a future Neighbourhood Partnership priority or should a local development require parking restrictions as part of its planning conditions.

In response to your second request regarding the provision of direction signing to Barnbush School from Sturminster Road, I would be happy to investigate the feasibility of such signs. However, I should point out, that should a suitable location for signing be found, the funding of the signs would be need to be identified by the school. I will carry out a site visit and provide you with a quotation to present to the school Governing Board within the next two weeks.

I am sorry I cannot be more helpful in terms of your constituents request for parking restrictions at the junction of Imperial Road and West Town Lane at this time, but trust the content of this email provides you with the information you require to update your constituent. If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Spicer
East Area Senior Engineer
Traffic Management
Transport Service
Bristol City Council
Wilder House
Wilder Street
Bristol
BS2 8PH

2. Any record in the Neighbourhood Partnership documentation prior to 22 June referring to the need for yellow lines at this junction:

Response: No information in Neighbourhood Partnership documents prior to 22 June 2010

3. Any other recent (2010) documents referring to the need for yellow lines at this junction:

Response: No other requests for waiting restrictions at the junction of West Town Lane / Imperial Road have been received.

4. Any record of the 22nd June Neighbourhood Partnership decision that includes the reasons for the decision and or the names of the councillors agreeing to the decision:

No written information available that includes the reasons for not promoting a waiting restriction scheme at this junction other than that listed in above item number 1. Minutes of the meeting can be found here (See item 6.6/10): http://www.bristol.gov.uk/item/committee...

5. Any requests from Cllr Morris or others, since February to the Traffic Management group asking that the original recommendation for yellow lines should be withdrawn:

No requests received other than that presented by Ald. C. Williams at the Neighbourhood Partnership meeting on 22 June 2010 at South Bristol Sorts Centre.

I trust the above further information is helpful. I should also reiterate that as mentioned by myself at the meeting on 22 June, should a waiting restriction scheme be promoted in the this area in the future as a result of a Neighbourhood Partnerships Works Programme or any other source, all local residents or businesses deemed to be directly affected by any proposal will be consulted from the outset followed by the statutory advertisement process to the wider general public.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Spicer
East Area Senior Engineer
Traffic Management
Transport Service
Bristol City Council
Wilder House
Wilder Street
Bristol
BS2 8PH
Tel: 0117 903 6819
Email: [email address]

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Many thanks,

Andrew Spicer (Senior Engineer, East Area Traffic Engineer).

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Dear Andrew Spicer,

Many thanks for your clear response to my FoI request about the
yellow lines requested at Imperial Road/West Town Lane, Stockwood

Yours sincerely,

Peter Goodwin

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