| October 2006 - Decision about
Queens Road and other highway issues relating to Cook's Shipyard
Press Release from ECC Highways:
A package of highways measures, including a twenty mph zone, has been agreed by Essex County Council's Cabinet Member for Highways and Transportation today, to aid access to the new Cook's Shipyard development in Wivenhoe.
A number of proposals were put forward, and a consultation exercise was undertaken to seek residents' views on the plans. This exercise generated a lot of interest and some of the proposals generated both objections and letters of support.
Some of the highway measures required legal orders to allow them to be introduced and a consultation exercise was undertaken to seek views on the proposals.
The Cabinet Member for Highways and Transportation, Councillor Rodney Bass and the Service Director for Highways and Transportation, Tony Ciaburro considered all the comments received and made a site visit on 15th September 2006. Following the visit it has been agreed:
* To close Queens Road at the junction with Valley Road. This decision will disappoint as many people as it pleases. However, on balance, it was felt that this particular measure establishes the most appropriate route for vehicles to and from the new development site along the alternative routes.
* To introduce a road hump in Brook Street just east of the junction with Hamilton Road.
* To introduce a new length of double yellow lines in Park Road near the junction with Belle Vue Road (although this is a shorter length than was previously advertised).
* To introduce a new length of double yellow lines in High Street, Wivenhoe just south of the junction with Belle Vue Road.
The waiting restrictions outside the Methodist Church will not be pursued due to the public concerns over these proposals.
In addition, Councillor Bass has authorised the advertisement of a proposed area-wide 20mph zone to cover many of the roads in Lower Wivenhoe, which it is hoped will be widely welcomed by the residents of the town.
Councillor Bass commented: "This was a particularly hard scheme to consider with many opposing views in the town. We have now assessed the objections and letters of support, and have also made a very important site visit. I believe the package of measures that we have agreed will aid the movement of vehicles around the town. I am also delighted to be able to put forward a plan for a 20 mile per hour zone, which has a great deal of support locally."
The changes will be funded by the developers of Cook's Shipyard under a Section 106 agreement.
| Click here
for a copy of the ECC Highways Report which considers all of the
points raised by people in Wivenhoe (pdf file 210kb). |
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