Purpose

This report seeks approval from the Director of Environment and
Sustainability, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for a
Sustainable Camden, to make permanent the current trial area-wide
7.5-tonne weight restriction scheme introduced in January 2023 in
the King Henry’s Road area. The scheme prohibits vehicles
weighing 7.5 tonnes or more from using the network of residential
streets between Avenue Road, Adelaide Road and Primrose Hill Road
as a cut-through, ‘except for access’. The scheme was
implemented as an 18-month trial under an Experimental Traffic
Order (ETO) which came into force on 19 January 2023.
 
The report also seeks approval for several new permanent
pedestrian, road safety, public realm and environmental
improvements in the area.
The recommendations in this report are made considering relevant
policies, feedback and monitoring data collected during the trial
period, a full public consultation on the proposals contained in
this report and an updated Equality Impact Assessment.
 
 

Content

THAT the Director of Environment and Sustainability, having
considered the proposals in relation to the objectives set out in
the Camden Transport Strategy, the Consultation Summary Report
(Appendix B), the Equality Impact Assessment (Appendix C), the
Strategic Policy Alignments (Appendix F) and having due regard to
the needs set out in Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010:
(i)       approves
the proposal to make the current, trial area-wide 7.5-tonne weight
restriction scheme permanent;
(ii)      approves the
implementation of the proposed new, permanent pedestrian, road
safety, public realm and environmental improvements in the area, as
set out in Section 2; and
(iii)      delegates to
the Chief Engineer the authority to take decisions relating to the
detailed design and implementation/construction elements of the
above schemes, subject to compliance with relevant statutory
requirements.