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Local Access Forum Local Access Forum Report Title: Annual Survey of Rights Of Way in Sandwell Report Author: Adam James Date of Local Access 6th January 2016 Forum Meeting: 1. Report Details: 1.1. The monitoring under the Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) involves an annual survey of 5% of the Definitive Rights of Way network in Sandwell. 1.2. An Extended Area survey is also carried out and is covered by the Definitive Maps and the West Bromwich Draft Map. The extended survey requires 5% of the total Public Rights of Way (PROW) network to be surveyed. 1.3. The total length of all Sandwell PROW is 105,822m, which includes 45,181m of routes covered by Definitive maps. This means that a minimum distance of 2,259m of Definitive routes are required to be surveyed for the ROWIP survey, and 5,291m of all routes to be surveyed for the Extended Area survey. The survey consisted of 10 PROW from the ROWIP survey and 24 PROW from the Extended Area survey. The combined routes surveyed in November 2015 were: ROWIP Survey Route ref. Description Distance Pass/Fail (m) FP41/WED Smith Road, Wednesbury (heading towards Potters Lane) 101 Fail FP21/WED Vimy Terrace, Wednesbury (linking Vimy Road with The 114 Pass Crescent) FP80/RR Elm Terrace to Weston Avenue, Oldbury 70 Pass FP34/WED Windmill Terrace/Longcroft Avenue, Wednesbury 32 Fail FP69/RR Deal Drive to Wheatsheaf Rd, Oldbury 599 Fail FP89/RR New Birmingham Road towards Dudley Road West, 163 Fail Oldbury FP51/RR Turner’s Hill to Dudley Road, Rowley Regis 829 Fail RP75/RR New Birmingham Road to Hilton Rd, Oldbury 53 Fail FP19/WED Hazel Avenue to Crew Road, Wednesbury 92 Pass RP91/RR New Birmingham Rd towards Hainge Rd, Oldbury 347 Pass Total Distance 2400 [IL0: UNCLASSIFIED] Extended Area Survey Route ref. Description Distance Pass/Fail (m) FP64/RR Tower Rise to Tower Road, Oldbury 41 Fail FP20/WED Handley St to Goldicroft Rd, Wednesbury 43 Pass FP4/WED Woden Road West to Darlaston Road, Wednesbury 210 Fail FP53/RR St Georges Road, to Cobbs Engine Bridge (Dudley Canal/nr 156 Pass Netherton Tunnel) FP67/RR Regent Road to Darby’s Hill Road, Oldbury 321 Fail CRF5A/WB Near M5/M6 junction, accessed off Wilderness Lane 178 Pass FP83/RR New Birmingham Rd to Poplar Avenue, Oldbury 112 Pass CRF37/WB Stanley Road to Newton Road, West Bromwich 196 Pass BR2A/WB South of Biddleston Bridge towards M6 along Rushall 323 Pass Canal FP22/RR Powke Lane to Totnal Bridge on Dudley Canal (heading 468 Pass towards Wright’s Lane) FP32/WED Clarkson Road to Woodgreen Road, Wednesbury 35 Pass FP63/COS Hobart Road (heading towards Cox Road), Tipton 220 Fail FP38/WB Wilkes Street – Hopkins Drive (this was stopped up and 120 Pass diverted through s116) CRF19/WB Bustleholme Avenue to Bustleholme Lane, West Brom 151 Pass BR2D/WB Towpath north of Shustoke Bridge (Rushall Canal) to 97 Pass Borough boundary/Cypress Rd, Walsall FP61C/WB Park Lane towards Swan Pool (only up to CRF65/WB) 291 Pass RP74/RR Cross Walk, Oldbury 206 Pass FP70/RR Green Park Rd, Dudley towards Fairway Avenue, Oldbury 604 Fail FP31/RR Ross Heights (across carriageway) 10 Pass BR34/WB Dartmouth Golf Course 826 Pass FP29/WED St Lukes Road to Red House Avenue, Wednesbury 42 Fail FP41/RR Alley leading south from Norman Terrace, Rowley Regis 34 Pass BR57/WB Ridgacre Towpath, West of New Gas Street 185 Pass FP50/RR Springfield Lane to Springfield Close, Rowley Regis 513 Fail Total Distance 5382 1.4. Four of the ten randomly selected routes from the ROWIP survey passed the “easy to use public right of way” criteria. The Extended Area Survey had seventeen routes which passed the “easy to use public right of way” criteria. The ROWIP survey had a pass percentage of 40% (down from 72% in Jan 2015) and the Extended Area survey had a pass percentage of 71% (up from 21% in Jan 2015). 1.5. The four routes which achieved pass criteria for the ROWIP survey measured 623 metres from an overall length of 2400 metres. The seventeen routes which achieved pass criteria in the Extended Area survey equated to 3431 metres from an overall length of 5382 metres. [IL0: UNCLASSIFIED] 1.6. A common reason for failure on some ROWIP survey routes was the lack of signage at the both ends of the route. However, these routes have been recorded so that a programme of works to install signposts can be undertaken. This will help to increase pass rates going forward. 1.7. Efforts are still being made to resolve the legal issues relating to unnavigable routes. Legal Event Modification Orders will continue to improve pass rates. 1.8. Other measures are also being undertaken, such as the resurfacing of PROW and other physical improvements. The ROWIP proposals are contributing to this. 1.9. The results from the ROWIP and Extended Area surveys help to highlight the need for improvements to the network in order to improve the ease of use and therefore accessibility to workplaces, education and local services. Improvements also help with transforming the physical environment, contributing to the public health agenda, and making Sandwell a safe borough that is clean and tidy. 2. Recommendations: 2.1. The LAF note the results from the survey and the content of the report. [IL0: UNCLASSIFIED] .
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