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Minutes of the Maresfield Parish Council Traffic & Transport Committee meeting held on Tuesday 6th September 2005 in the Parish Office, Nutley
Present: - Cllr R Tester (Chairman), Cllr P Tester, Cllr H Fry, Cllr S Leaney, Mr P Knivett, Clerk T Allen.
1. Public Session – None.
2. Apologies for absence – Cllr W King, Mr D Sweetnam, Mr C Goossens and Ms D Lyne. Assistant Clerk Mrs C Goossens.
3. Declarations of interest – None.
4. Minutes of previous meeting – 5th July 2005. 4.1 Adoption – These were Adopted. 4.2 Matters arising from these minutes not elsewhere on the Agenda – None.
5. Integrated Parish Traffic Management Plan – The Clerk circulated copies of an email received by Mr Knivett from Ron Warren, Parishioner of Maresfield, dated 6th September 2005. It was noted that the points made by Mr Warren would be very useful as the Committee develops its Plan, and in particular the suggestion of using road loops to gather more up-to-date and accurate traffic speed and volume data could be taken up straight away. It was agreed to ask ESCC to conduct a road loop survey on School Hill and Underhill, due to a number of complaints received regarding the danger from speeding vehicles on these roads, and to support the proposed solutions for these roads in the Plan. ACTION: Clerk.
A discussion was held on the volume and speed of traffic on the main roads in the Parish and the effectiveness of current speed limits. It was noted that there was a need for much more Police enforcement, as this was considered to be the cheapest and most effective solution.
Regarding the Plan, the Clerk stated that the maps and photographs were still needed to complete the document. It was agreed that the draft Plan should be completed in time for the Committee’s next meeting on 11th October 2005, for reference to Council on 18th October 2005. ACTION : Mr Knivett to co-ordinate production of final draft of Plan.
It was noted that there would need to be some certainty that the proposed solutions contained in the Plan could actually be delivered, as due to the high cost of some of them, ESCC would not fund them (assuming they approved them), and some may be too expensive for the Parish Council to fund. The Clerk stated that CCllr Reid and CCllr Whetstone would be at the Committee’s next meeting to discuss such issues.
6. Speedwatch Exercise – It was noted that there was a need to provide supporting traffic data in order to be allowed to conduct a Speedwatch Exercise and operate a speed gun. It was agreed that the B2026 should be the focus of the first Speedwatch Exercise, and noted that enough traffic data was to hand for this road to allow this to be approved. ACTION: Clerk to arrange. The Clerk stated that he was now aware of the contacts for Ringmer Speedwatch, who can meet representatives from the Committee in a to visit Ringmer to observe their Speedwatch Exercise and discuss issues. ACTION: Clerk to arrange meeting.
7. Ashdown Forest Villages Road Safety Group – The Clerk stated that he had copied information and data on the Committee’s activities to Keith Sinden who had agreed to liaise on issues of common interest. It was noted that solutions for reducing injuries/deaths to deer proposed by this Group should include the reflective discs/mirrors mounted on posts at roadsides, used in the past with success. ACTION: Cllr Fry to raise at the Group’s next meeting.
Traffic &
Transport Committee Minutes 6th September
2005 Page 2 8. Public Transport 8.1 ESCC re. Review of Supported Local Bus Services – Cllr King’s letter of 12th July 2005 to CCllr Reid was noted. Cllr Leaney reported that, in the current LDF consultations, there was a definite demand for effective local transport from all age groups. It was noted that there was a need to focus on local requirements and target the groups that need transport. Cllr Fry stated that he will be Chairman of the newly formed Wealden Senior Citizens Partnership and that public transport would be one of the main issues that this group would be looking at. Mr Knivett stated that he had investigated the Carbon Trust and found that they were not concerned with public transport solutions; their main concentration was in reducing carbon ‘footprints’ e.g. by insulating buildings. 8.2 Community bus funding - Wealden Easylink Bus – The Clerk gave an update on the situation and a summary of the meeting held on 31st August 2005 attended by interested Town/Parish Councils, AIRS/RTP, ESCC, and WDC. The following points were noted:- o Maresfield Parish Council managed to get ESCC to fund a three months extension of the service until the end of October 2005. However an emergency plan may be needed to keep the service going while solutions are developed. This will be discussed at the next Easylink meeting on 27th September 2005 o There is a good demand for this service, particularly in rural villages o Short-term funding is required from Councils and any grants available, to allow a long-term rescue plan to be developed. Work is underway to calculate the share of the costs o In the long-term it maybe better to operate the service from e.g. Crowborough (currently runs from Brighton). This would give more local control and allow more local Parishes to be involved
9. Nutley pavement widening – The progress report from Colin Clarke, contained in an email dated 31st August 2005, was welcomed. It was noted that it had been recommended that the cost of the scheme should come from Community Safety funds, but that there still may be a contribution required from the Parish Council; details awaited from John Strover ESCC.
10. Budget submission – The following items to be considered for inclusion in the budget for 2006/07 were discussed:-
11. Communication – For the Autumn edition of The Parish Matters:-
12. Date of next meeting – Tuesday 11th October 2005 (Nutley Memorial Hall)
There being no further business, the meeting closed at 21:45 |
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