Equality Impact Assessment Toolkit
(January 2021)
Section 1:
Your details
EIA Lead Officer: xxxxxxxxxx
Email address: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx
Head of Section: xxxxxx – Interim Design & Commissioning Senior Manager
Chief Officer: xxxxxxxxxx – AD Highways and Infrastructure
Directorate: Neighbourhood Services
Date: March 2021
Section 2:
What Council proposal is being assessed?
The loss of one carriageway lane for vehicular traffic in each direction (on a dual
carriageway), along Fender Lane, to allow for an on-carriageway mandatory cycle lane. The
scheme design includes for “floating” bus-stops and reflective kerb-bollard segregation units
at regular intervals.
Section 2a:
Will this EIA be submitted to a Committee meeting? No, not at this
stage (subject to public consultation outcomes).
If ‘yes’ please state which meeting and what date
N/A
Hyperlink to where your EIA is/will be published on the Council’s website
https://www.wirral.gov.uk/communities-and-neighbourhoods/equality-impact-assessments
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Section 3:
Does the proposal have the potential to affect…… (please tick
relevant boxes)
Services
The workforce
x
Communities
Other (please state eg: Partners, Private Sector, Voluntary & Community Sector)
If you have ticked one or more of above, please go to section 4.
None (please stop here and email this form to your Chief Officer who needs to
email it t
o xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx for publishing)
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Section 4:
Could the proposal have a positive or negative impact on any protected groups (age; disability; gender
reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual
orientation)?
You may also want to consider socio-economic status of individuals.
Please list in the table below and include actions required to mitigate any potential negative impact.
Which
Potential positive or negative impact
Action required to
Lead person
Timescale
Resource
group(s) of
mitigate any potential
implications
people could
negative impact
be affected
n/a
xxxxxx
n/a
Staff
Positive – the proposals will enable a safe
Resource
Disability/Age/
space for cycling and potentially reduce
All
vehicle speeds.
Ensure that the proposals
xxxxxx
n/a
Staff
Disability/Age/
Negative – at certain points along the scheme
are designed in compliance
Resource
All
pedestrians may find the footway layout
with design guidance and
confusing (specifically at bus stops).
regulations such as TSRGD
& LTN/120. Ensure any
potential conflict between
pedestrians and cyclists are
minimised by keeping the
two separate – cyclists on
carriageway, pedestrians on
footways. Where
pedestrians and cyclists
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must merge, i.e. at bus stop
crossings, provide additional
signing and road markings
in line with DfT design
advice. Additional signing
and warning paving where
required. Carry out Road
Safety Audit and relevant
risk assessments.
Ensure all units have black
xxxxx
n/a
Staff
All
Negative – the “Wand Orca” segregation units
and white strips, have
Resource
may cause pedestrians to trip over if not
reflective strips across the
visible.
bollards and are set back
from formal signalised
pedestrian crossing points.
Wand Orcas will only be
provided along the
carriageway and not on the
footway. Where on the
carriageway the units will be
sat between 150mm wide
white lining. Outside line
solid, inside line intermittent
between wands. There are
no formal pedestrian
crossing points along the
route, only at either end
where signal crossings are
provided. A narrow footway
is present along one side of
the route.
Positive - Journey times of all users will
An alternative safe and
increase as a result of the introduction of a
direct method of travel
All
cycle lane/loss of one lane for vehicular
(cycling) has been made
traffic.
available for all users.
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All
Negative - Journey times of all users will
Though Journey times for
increase as a result of the introduction of a
vehicles may increase at
cycle lane/loss of one lane for vehicular
times, traffic modelling has
traffic.
been carried out and
concludes that each junction
will still be operating well
within capacity.
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Section 4a:
Where and how will the above actions be monitored?
Works to be checked on completion. Wand Orca effectiveness to be monitored via user
feedback and site observations. Further Safety Audits to be carried out once the cycle lane is
operational.
Section 4b:
If you think there is no negative impact, what is your reasoning
behind this?
N/A
Section 5:
What research / data / information have you used in support of this
process?
TSRGD 2016, LTN 1/20, Gear Change, Road Safety Audit combined stage 1 & 2, Traffic
Modelling, Manufacturers/Suppliers trade literature.
Section 6:
Are you intending to carry out any consultation with regard to this
Council proposal?
No
If ‘yes’ please continue to section 7.
If ‘no’ please state your reason(s) why:
(please stop here and email this form to your Chief Officer who needs to email it to
xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx for publishing)
Section 7:
How will consultation take place and by when?
A public consultation exercise is to be carried out shortly – stakeholders, elected members,
internal departments of WBC, and local residents will be consulted in the near future.
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Before you complete your consultation, please email your preliminary EIA to
xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx via your Chief Officer in order for the Council to ensure it is meeting
it’s legal publishing requirements. The EIA will need to be published with a note saying we
are awaiting outcomes from a consultation exercise.
Once you have completed your consultation, please review your actions in section 4. Then
email this form to your Chief Officer who needs to email it to
xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx for
publishing.
Section 8:
Have you remembered to:
a)
Select appropriate directorate hyperlink to where your EIA is/will be
published (section 2a)
b)
Include any potential positive impacts as well as negative impacts? (section 4)
c)
Send this EIA to xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx via your Chief Officer?
d)
Review section 4 once consultation has taken place and sent your updated EIA
to xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx.xx via your Chief Officer for re-publishing?
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