EPPING FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL with ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL HIGHWAY PANEL – 2Nd JULY 2018 REPORT 2 – POTENTIAL CAPITAL SCHEMES
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EPPING FOREST DISTRICT COUNCIL WITH ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL LOCAL HIGHWAY PANEL – 2nd JULY 2018 REPORT 2 – POTENTIAL CAPITAL SCHEMES At the March Panel, the Epping Forest Panel Members fully committed the budget for the 2018-19 financial year. The following potential scheme list therefore identifies all of the scheme requests which have been received for the future consideration of the Epping Forest Local Highways Panel. The Members are asked to review these schemes, and remove any schemes the Panel would not wish to consider for future funding. The breakdown of scheme types available for future consideration is as below: Total Estimated Scheme Type Costs Traffic Management £171,000 Walking 0 Passenger Transport 0 Cycling 0 Public Rights of Way £258,500 Total £429,500 The RAG column acknowledges what the status of the request is as follows: The scheme has been validated as being feasible and is available for G consideration The scheme has previously been approved for a feasibility study and the A results are awaited before the scheme can be fully considered A scheme request has been received but is against ECC policy or there is R no appropriate engineering solution A scheme request has been received and is in the initial validation V process 1 Traffic Management Total Value of schemes £171,000 Ref Location Description Problem Parish Scheme Category Scheme stage Cost Code Estimated cost Comments RAG This does not meet policy to No crossing point for implement a signalised Honey Lane, To look at the land required pedestrians and horse riders 1 Waltham Abbey Traffic Management Feasibility LEPP162004 £10,500 crossing. Will need Cabinet R Waltham Abbey to install a Pegasus crossing along Honey Lane by the Member approval to Woodbine proceed. There is currently a trial underway with Quiet Lanes and there are 5 chosen sites being implemented in the 17/18 financial year. Watery Lane, Little New sites can be 2 Quiet Lane Request for Quiet Lane Little laver Traffic Management Total scheme LEPP162025 £8,000 R Laver - Quiet Lane considered after the conclusion of this trial. This scheme was moved back to the Potential Schemes List after discussion at January 2018 panel meeting. Implementation of recommendations from Vehicles driving too fast feasibility study carried out through the priority working Willingale Road, Awaiting recommendations 3 to determine whether the and chicanes which is Loughton Traffic Management Implementation LEPP162028 £20,000 G Loughton - TMI from feasibility study. build outs can be improved dangerous for the children and or replaced, with other traffic families calming methods Personal and non-injury Implementation of Awaiting results from Waltham Road j/w collisions at this location that Waltham 4 recommendations from Traffic Management Implementation LEPP172008 TBC feasibility study for possible A St Leonards Road did not meet the casualty Abbey/Nazeing feasibility study recommendations. reduction scheme criteria Parish raised concerns that Upland Road, North Perceived speeding issue, Upland Road is being used as North Weald 5 Traffic Management Feasibility LEPP172029 TBC In validation. V Weald Bassett request for traffic calming a 'rat run' and vehicles are Bassett speeding 2 Traffic Management Total Value of schemes £171,000 HLO and Engineer visited site 19 Dec 2017 and it was noted due to a number of residential vehicle accesses and a new development there is not a suitable place to site a crossing or pedestrian refuge nearer the residential end of Thornwood Perceived speeding vehicles Thornwood Common. Common on the Request for a pedestrian makes it difficult for 6 Epping Traffic Management Feasibility LEPP172027 TBC There is the potential to site V B1393 -Pedestrian refuge pedestrians to cross the road one further along the road Refuge to the bus stop however the carriageway and footways are not currently wide enough to accommodate a crossing point. Awaiting PV2 to be completed to see if the location meets the criteria to implement a zebra crossing. Request to install bollard to Concerns of destruction of Stonards Hill j/w 7 prevent parking on the grass verge caused by Loughton Traffic Management LEPP172022 £5,000 G Alderton Way junction inconsiderate parking Existing speed humps that appear to be of the To review existing speed plastic/rubber type that have Roebuck Lane - 8 humps and see if they can been 'bolted' onto the road on Buckhurst Hill Traffic Management LEPP172035 TBC In validation. V Speed humps be removed or replaced Roebuck Lane are damaged and need repairs and residents would like them removed Vehicles cannot get into Powdermill Lane j/w Walton Gardens without going Overrun area to be Leaview, Waltham over the kerb and grass verge, 9 constructed as per detailed Waltham Abbey Traffic Management Total scheme LEPP162032 £45,500 G Abbey - Overrun which is causing the kerbs to design area break and verges to become rutted 3 Traffic Management Total Value of schemes £171,000 Request to look at Mill Street, Harlow Concerns of congestion and In validation. alleviating the congestion Common, speeding along these roads HLO to contact Parish Clerk and reducing speeds of North Weald 10 Hastingwood Road, and lack of verges/footways for Traffic Management LEPP172031 TBC for further clarification of V vehicles using these roads Bassett North Weald the local community living where specific issues are and provision of Bassett there located. footway/verges for The feasibility study has Loughton Way j/w Install dropped kerbs with Pedestrians are finding it very been completed and has River road, 11 tactile paving and a difficult to cross at this junction Buckhurst Hill Traffic Management Implementation LEPP162015 TBC not identified any suitable R Buckhurst Hill - pedestrian refuge to continue along the road measures. Dropped kerbs A casualty reduction Concerns raised by resident scheme was implemented that the junction of Fiddlers j/w Fiddlers 8th Aug 2016, awaiting a Request for traffic Hamlet/Stewards Green Road Hamlet/Stewards road safety audit level 4 to 12 calming/safety measures at and Coopersale Street is a Epping Traffic Management Feasibility LEPP172025 TBC R Green Road and be completed before any this junction dangerous junction where Coopersale Street further traffic calming there have been a number of measures can be reported incidents considered. Installation of kerbs and appropriate drainage from Vehicles are driving over the Hoe Lane, Nazeing - 13 Tayness and opposite tarmac into the verge resulting Nazeing Traffic Management Implementation LEPP162061 £45,000 G TMI Parkers Farm. As per in mud spreading over the road detailed design HLO visited location 14th June during morning rush hour 8:15 and 8:45 again Highfield's Green A Keep Clear box at the Vehicles are struggling to exit during the site visit there j/w Bury Lane - junction to help vehicles exit 14 the junction at peak times due Epping Traffic Management Total scheme LEPP162037 TBC was no evidence of R Keep Clear when there is a high volume to volume of traffic queueing across the Markings of traffic junction. It should also be noted this is a small residential estate. 4 Traffic Management Total Value of schemes £171,000 Request from Cllr McEwen to look at the congestion issues along the High Street, Chipping Ongar at the bottleneck. Lorries often stop here for Request for Keep Clear deliveries and there are High Street, marking or some other stalemate scenarios when no 15 Chipping Ongar- Ongar Traffic Management Feasibility LEPP172032 TBC In validation. V traffic management to one wants to give way. This Congestion prevent bottle neck causes heavy congestion at peak times. They have requested ‘KEEP CLEAR’ markings or yellow hatched markings to help stop delivery vehicles parking here Parish raised concerns of traffic speeding along the High Road North Weald and would High Road, North North Weald 16 Request for a VAS like it assessed for VAS close Traffic Management LEPP172030 TBC In validation. V Weald Bassett Bassett to the end of the village where the Kings Head Garage is located Against policy. The speed limit at this location is The existing crossing is being 30mph. The Pedestrian / Upgrade the existing zebra highly used by patients of the vehicle (PV2) survey over 7 17 Fyfield Road, Ongar Chipping Ongar Traffic Management Total scheme LEPP172016 TBC R crossing medical centre and children days was 0.100. Where the walking to Ongar Academy value of a PV2 is below 0.2 then a signalised crossing point would not be justified. The apparent narrow width of the road and a perceived Request for traffic calming Epping Road - speeding of vehicles is causing 18 measures or VAS to get Theydon Bois Traffic Management LEPP172023 TBC In validation. V Theydon Bois concerns for residents as drivers to slow down vehicles are mounting the kerb to pass each other 5 Traffic Management Total Value of schemes £171,000 Safety concerns of speeding Request to look at improving vehicles travelling East along Church Road, signage at bend before the 19 Church Road towards Buckhurst Hill Traffic Management Feasibility LEPP172021 TBC In validation. V Buckhurst Hill church and school to warn Buckhurst Hill High Road as drivers to slow down they approach the bend Personal and non-injury B194 Waltham Implementation of Awaiting results from collisions at this location that Waltham 20 Abbey to Bumbles recommendations from Traffic Management Implementation LEPP172007 TBC feasibility study for possible A did not meet the casualty Abbey/Nazeing Green feasibility study