The proposal is for a public crossing on Carr Street road from
Burton Woods Estate to Jubilee Park.
This would enable people and children to cross the-is now very busy
road road more safely, it would also help slow down the
traffic.
Due to the growing number of residents on the estate there is a
great need to make access to the local amenities as safe as
possible.
This ePetition ran from 17/08/2023 to 28/09/2023 and has now finished.
11 people signed this ePetition.
All requests for formalised crossing such as zebra or signal
controlled crossings are assessed against a national criteria
devised by the Department for Transport (DfT), which takes into
account various factors including traffic flow and the number of
pedestrians crossing the road throughout the day, not just the
busiest period. It is appreciated that residents have a desire for
such facilities in the vicinity of their homes however research
shows that putting a formal crossing in where this criteria is not
met, can result in an increase in road traffic accidents as drivers
become complacent and unaccustomed to being stopped at the crossing
or simply ignore its existence. The guidance for assessment of
Pedestrian Crossings Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 6 – Traffic
Control can be found at the following link -
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5df0e29fed915d15f42c4820/dft-traffic-signs-manual-chapter-6.pdf
In this case where national criteria could not be satisfied, this
is partly because there is no overall “desire line” on
what is a long section of road where pedestrians choose to cross
where it is convenient for them, rather than at a specific
location. It is for this reason that you typically see formalised
crossing facilities in commercial town centres only where
pedestrians have been “funnelled” to a particular
crossing point. In addition, and importantly, the pedestrian and
vehicular flows are significantly too low to achieve the necessary
threshold criteria to justify a crossing. Observations made
indicated that due to the traffic volumes, pedestrians generally
did not have to wait to cross the road.
We have investigated the feasibility of providing a pedestrian
refuge island however due to a combination of insufficient road
width and the need to accommodate turning movements for side roads,
accesses, and bus stops this could not be installed within the
existing road layout. The location was assessed based on a recent
visit as part of enquiries relating to works in the immediate area
and traffic data available from our database.