Purpose

To ask the Cabinet Member to consider a petition requesting improvements to allow for pedestrians and other vulnerable road users to safely cross the A608 Main Road, Morley at the Derby College Campus site and to ask for a footbridge over the A608, to provide a safer route across the road for pedestrians.

Following consideration of this report, the Cabinet Member is asked to decline the request for additional safety measures on the A608 and the request for a pedestrian footbridge to be installed.

Decision

That the Cabinet Member:

a)     Notes the petition requesting improvements to allow for road users to safely cross the A608 Main Road, Morley at the Derby College Campus site and for a footbridge over the A608.

b)   Declines the request for additional traffic and safety measures on the A608 and the request for a pedestrian footbridge to be installed, due to the Authority having recently installed a Pedestrian Refuge on the A608 outside Broomfield College as part of its Capital Programme of Works, which will aid pedestrians and vulnerable road users to safely negotiate passage over the A608.

Reasons for the decision

The location does not meet the criteria within the Speed Management Plan and Highway Network Management Plan for consideration of traffic calming measures on the A608 around the College Campus site.

The potential levels of footfall/usage of a constructed footbridge over the A608 are not justified when you consider the level of investment required in terms of the design and delivery of a major engineering scheme and that a pedestrian refuge has been installed to enable safe passage over the A608. 

Alternative options considered

Option 1: The Council provides no further highway improvement measures on the A608 Derby Road, Morley.

Option 2: The Council considers the future provision of either a Zebra or Controlled Crossing on the A608 Derby Road, should it be evidenced that the demand for crossing would justify such a provision being considered.