South Gloucestershire Council has opened a public consultation on a swathe of additional traffic calming measures that it is proposing to implement on two busy roads through Little Stoke and Stoke Lodge.
According to a ‘statement of reasons’ published as part of the consultation, the proposed scheme is intended to encourage walking and cycling to schools.
The council says that funding has been made available to install additional traffic calming measures on Stoke Lane and Little Stoke Lane. It also wants to introduce an extended 20mph zone covering the full length of Stoke Lane and the northern end of Little Stoke Lane, plus all associated side roads.
The scheme is intended to help reduce speeds and improve road safety, particularly for school children walking from Patchway Community School and the following primary schools: Holy Family, St Chad’s, Stoke Lodge and Little Stoke.
The proposed additional traffic calming measures include speed tables, speed cushions, additional speed limit signing and road markings. A number of additional dropped-kerb pedestrian crossings will also be created.
The council says it intends to implement the proposals during the current financial year (2019/20), subject to comments received during the consultation and subsequent public advertisement of traffic regulation orders.
Anyone wishing to comment on the scheme should respond by 14th June by completing a questionnaire that is available on the council’s website.
If you don’t have access to the internet and wish to have paper copies of all the consultation documents and a questionnaire to complete, phone 01454 863958.
Consultation webpage: Stoke Lane and Little Stoke Lane Traffic Calming & 20mph Zone (SGC)
This article originally appeared in the June 2019 issue of the Stoke Gifford Journal magazine (on pages 2 & 3). The magazine is delivered FREE, EVERY MONTH, to over 5,000 homes in Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke and Harry Stoke. Phone 01454 300 400 to enquire about advertising or leaflet insertion.
I would respond to the council asking if they feel there is genuinely an issue with the driving behaviour of drivers driving well below the current 30mph speed limit (under favourable conditions) and even if their expected drop in average speed is met on the main roads included, will it lead to the average speed being over the speed limit.