Decision details

City Link Road, Widemarsh Street, Station Approach, Hopton Road and Barrs Court Road Hereford – Various Order(s) objections report

Decision Maker: Director of Economy and Place (Historic)

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The purpose of the report is to decide upon objections to, and to authorise implementation of the following orders, as decided upon.

a) City Link Road Hereford - prohibition of right hand turn Order 2017
b) Hopton Road Hereford - one way Order 2017
c) Barrs Court Road Hereford - prohibition of right hand turn Order 2017

d) City Link Road Hereford - prohibition of waiting Order 2017
e) Widemarsh Street Hereford - prohibition of right hand turn Order 2017
f) Widemarsh Street Hereford - prohibition of waiting Order 2017
g) Station Approach Hereford - prohibition of waiting Order 2017
The project developed from the design of the City Link Road, in which the need to implement movement and parking restrictions was identified to facilitate efficient operation of the new highway.
The proposals were subject to informal consultations as part of the development of the City Link Road scheme, and specific informal consultations relating to the proposals in the vicinity of Barrs Court Road in late 2016 and early 2017. A formal statutory consultation was undertaken in November 2017. The recommendations are shown below for the respective proposals

Decision:

That:-

(a) The objections that have been made to the City Link Road Hereford – prohibition of right hand turn Order 2017, Widemarsh Street Hereford – Prohibition of Right Turn Order 2017, Barrs Court Road Hereford – prohibition of right turn order 2017 and Hopton Road Hereford – One Way Order 2017 are not upheld and the Traffic Regulation Orders are introduced as advertised

(b) The City Link Road Hereford – prohibition of waiting Order 2017, Widemarsh Street Hereford – prohibition of waiting Order 2017, Widemarsh Street Hereford – prohibition of right turn Order 2017 and Station Approach Hereford – prohibition of waiting Order 2017 to which no objections have been received are introduced as advertised

(c) To authorise the making and implementation of the Traffic Regulation Orders; and

(d) To implement further engineering measures to deter traffic contravening the proposed one-way on Hopton Road. These will comprise; construction of a kerbed carriageway narrowing at the junction of Hopton Road and Barrs Court Road with associated sigage and road markings, and additional road marking and signage at the junction of Hopton Road and Penn Grove Road to narrow the exit from Hopton Road at this point.

(e) The recommendations be implemented within the budget set out in the financial implications section of this report.

Alternative options considered:

1. To withdraw the proposals to restrict right hand turns on the City Link Road (CLR). This is not recommended on the basis that design principles and objectives of the CLR would not be fulfilled.

2. To withdraw the proposals for prohibition of waiting on the CLR. This is not recommended on the basis that it could adversely affect traffic flows and the objectives of the CLR would not be fulfilled.

3. To withdraw the proposals for a one way restriction on Hopton Road. This is not recommended as it would enable traffic to bypass the right turn restriction at the end of Barrs Court Road and the objectives of that restriction would not be achieved.

4. To introduce weight restrictions in Hopton Road as an alternative to the engineering measures. This is not recommended as any prospective level of enforcement is unlikely to be an effective deterrent to contravening traffic.

Wards Affected: Central; College; Widemarsh;

Contact: Mairead Lane, Acting Assistant Director for Highways and Transport / Head of Infrastructure Delivery Email: mlane@herefordshire.gov.uk Tel: 01432 260944.

Publication date: 03/10/2018

Date of decision: 03/10/2018

Effective from: 10/10/2018

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