Dear John Millar,

Thank you for your email of 5 January in which you requested the following
information:

Your Request

A number of concerns have been raised regarding pedestrian safety on
Chawton Park Road in Alton, specifically at the crossing close to the
Ackender Hill Estate entrance and Jubilee Playing Fields/skatepark. The
concerns relate to the need for pedestrians from Ackender Hill to cross at
this point in the road in order to access bus stops and Alton town
facilities. There are no alternative routes available, and this crossing
is used by a growing number of schoolchildren and young families. The
crossing is concealed in both directions by blind bends and (from the
southwest) very close proximity to the 60MPH to 30MPH limit boundary.

A safety audit of this location has recently been undertaken. Please
provide a copy of this safety audit.

In response to public concerns, Hampshire County Council Highways has
indicated that the location does not meet the policy thresholds for
pedestrian volumes and distribution by time, and traffic volumes, speeds
and separation, necessary for justification of a controlled pedestrian
crossing, or alternate traffic calming measures.

Please provide a copy of the policy thresholds in use by Hampshire County
Council for such decisions.

Please also provide details of the measurements used to assess the
decision about this location and the methods, dates and times of data
collection.

We will respond to you within 20 working days of your request.

Yours sincerely,

Universal Services

Dear John Millar,

Further to your recent Environmental Information Regulations request,
please find attached Hampshire County Council's response.

Yours sincerely

Marie MacBrayne

Universal Services

Dear John Millar,

Thank you for your email of 1 February in which you requested the
following information:

Your Request

Thank you for your response to my FoI request and for the attachments
provided with it.

The RSA3 safety audit report provided makes reference to several other
documents which are necessary to understand the full meaning RSA3 report.
From review of the GG119 standard which forms the basis of the RSA3
report, it is also clear that further contextual information is required
in order to understand its full meaning.

I therefore request the following documentation:
1) The RSA1 and RSA2 safety audit reports relating to this scheme and
location.
2) A copy of the audit brief ref 14814TA/RSA3, prepared in accordance with
GG119 appendix C, and referenced by the RSA3 report
3) The document entitled "Departure from Standard: Uncontrolled Pedestrian
Crossing - Visibility", referenced by the RSA3 report at page 10
4) a copy of the technical audit, referred to in paragraph 2.1.9 of RSA3,
and a copy of the S278 Technical Audit, if this is not the same.
5) a copy of the Response and Action log arising from RSA1, RSA2 and RSA3,
as well as the road safety action logs, road safety response reports and
evidence of agreed action, as required by GG119 (section 4, inter alia),
all of which HCC is required to retain.

In response to a "Fix my street" enquiry regarding the provision of a
controlled pedestrian crossing at the same location by a resident of
Ackender Hill, Wendy on behalf of Margaret Myers of HCC said:

"Thank you for your enquiry regarding the current crossing on Chawton Park
Road and the possibility of it becoming a signalled or zebra crossing.
A numerical criterion is used to assess the need for formal pedestrian
crossings. This criterion is based on traffic flow and the number of
pedestrians crossing the road. The principle is that formal crossings will
only operate satisfactorily if they are used on a regular basis throughout
the day. At locations where few pedestrians cross for most of the day,
drivers may tend to ignore the crossing and put pedestrians at risk when
they use the facility.
The criteria also provides a means of comparison between competing sites
across the County. Currently financial resources for pedestrian facilities
are extremely limited and the assessment criteria indicates which sites
would offer the greatest benefit for the investment involved.
An investigation has been conducted to establish if this location meets
the required criteria.
Regrettably, this location does not meet the criteria for a controlled
pedestrian crossing due to the relatively low numbers of pedestrians
crossing throughout the day and the gaps between vehicles are considered
sufficient."

Please provide:
a) The numerical criterion referred to
b)The traffic flows, gaps between vehicles and number of pedestrians
crossing the road referred to (as distributed by time and day of week), as
well as the dates and times this data was collected
c) any document describing the evaluation of criteria and respective
prioritisation referred to and the decision made.

We will respond to you within 20 working days of your request.

Yours sincerely,

Marie MacBrayne

Universal Services

Dear John Millar,

Further to your recent Environmental Information Regulations request,
please find attached Hampshire County Council's response.

Yours sincerely

Marie MacBrayne

Universal Services