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Salford City Council - Record of Decision

I, Councillor Derek Antrobus, Lead Member for Planning and Sustainable Development, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution, do hereby authorise the making of the below mentioned Traffic Regulation Order permanent following the success of the restrictions during an experimental period: 

City of Salford (Longwall Avenue, Worsley)(Prohibition of Waiting and Limited Waiting Parking Places)(Experimental) Order 2017

The Reasons are:     

The proposals will help regulate parking in the area which will discourage indiscriminate and obstructive parking by drivers and hence improve safe vehicular and pedestrian access.

Assessment of Risk:   In place restrictions have decrease the risk of collisions and improve access and road safety.

The source of funding is from –

The costs are to be met from the Block 3 Highways Capital allocation of the Worsley & Boothstown devolved budget from the 2019/20 financial year.

Legal Advice obtained: 

The Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders were modified in accordance with section10(2) Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.

Under Section 23 of the Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 (“the Regulations”) the Experimental Traffic Regulation Orders can be made permanent.

By virtue of section 23(2), regulations 6(consultation), 7(notice of proposals) and 8(objections) of the Regulations shall not apply to a permanent order where the requirements in paragraph (3) have been complied with in relation to each relevant experimental order.

paragraph(3) the requirements are that—

(a)the notice of making contained the statements specified in Schedule 5;

(b)deposited documents (including the documents referred to in sub-paragraphs (c) and (e)) were kept available for inspection in accordance with Schedule 2 throughout the whole of the period specified in regulation 22(4);

(c)the deposited documents included a statement of the order making authority’s reasons for making the experimental order;

(d)no variation or modification of the experimental order was made more than 12 months after the order was made; and

(e)where the experimental order has been modified in accordance with section 10(2) of the 1984 Act, a statement of the effect of each such modification has been included with the deposited documents.

If the decision is made to give permanent effect to the experimental orders in this report, these should not give rise to any legal implications provided the works are carried out in accordance with the appropriate statutory requirements set out in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984

Financial Advice obtained:      N/A

Procurement Advice obtained: N/A

Contact Officer: Steven Ashton                     Tel No 0161 779 4912

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This decision was published on Tuesday 23^rd July 2019.

This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 30^th July 2019, unless it is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process Rules.