Purpose

Following receipt of feedback
after a formal consultation period carried out between 12 January
2024 and 09 February 2024, it is now intended to modify the
proposed zebra crossing on Whalley Road by relocating to a more
suitable location.
 
The purpose of the proposal is
to provide safer road crossing facilities as a wider benefit for
pedestrians who live to the north of the canal bridge and in
conjunction with requests for a crossing at this
location.
 
An informal consultation was
carried out with the property frontages between the 18th December
2024 and 24th January 2025 which received no objections to the
revised proposals.
 
Following consultation carried
out between 12 January 2024 and 09 February 2024, it is now
intended to modify the proposal as titled above, as set out
below:
 
Remove the Original Zebra
Crossing:
Introduce a zebra crossing in
Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, from a point 22.5 metres north of
its junction with the centreline of Mill Entrance for a distance of
37.38 metres in a northerly direction.
 
Introduce a Modified Zebra
Crossing Schedule:
Introduce a zebra crossing in
Whalley Road, Clayton-le-Moors, from a point 7 metres north of its
junction with the centreline of Corn Mill Yard for a distance of 37
metres in a southerly direction on the northbound carriageway and
for a distance of 33 metres in a southerly direction on the
southbound carriageway.
 
Formal modification
consultation was carried out between 14 February 2025 until 14
March 2025 which included advertising in the local press and
notices being displayed on site. Divisional county councillors were
consulted along with the council's usual consultees and the
consultation documents posted on the council's website.
 
Following formal consultation 5
responses were received. The main points raised
in the responses along with Officer comments are outlines in
Appendix C.
 
Please note, within the initial
consultation that was carried out, an objection was received from
the local MP. The engineer has since tried to contact the MP
however, they are no longer in office.
 

Content

Peter Bell, Highway Regulation Manager, on
behalf of Matt Townsend, Director of Highways and transport, took
the decision to approve the introduction of a modified zebra
crossing in Whalley Road,
Clayton-le-Moors.