Agenda item

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which set out various small scale traffic management measures for approval.  The report also brought forward proposals associated with new developments as part of the development management process and included proposals for individual parking bays which required to be progressed.

The report related to proposals at the following locations in the city:-

Proposals to be funded from the Cycling, Walking, Safer Streets budget

·         A944 / Skene Road / Queens Road / Lang Stracht – proposed 40MPH speed limit

·         Esplanade – revocation of taxi rank spaces

·         Esplanade – proposed ‘At Any Time’ waiting restrictions

·         Kenfield Crescent – proposed lengths of prohibition of waiting at any time at the junction between Kenfield Crescent and Countesswells Road

·         Mansfield Road – proposed ‘At Any Time’ waiting restrictions

·         Migvie Gardens / Kingswells Avenue – proposed ‘At Any Time’ waiting restrictions

·         Nigg Kirk Road – proposed lengths of prohibition of waiting ‘Monday to Friday 8am-6pm’ and ‘At Any Time’ waiting restrictions

·         Taransay Road – proposed ‘At Any Time’ waiting restrictions

·         Usan Ness / Marchmont Street – proposed ‘At Any Time’ waiting restrictions

·         Craigton Road – proposed length of prohibition of waiting operational between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Saturday

Proposals to be funded by developers

·         C89C – proposed extension of 40MPH speed limit

·         New Brimmond School – various ‘At Any Time’ and timed restrictions

·         279-281 North Deeside Road, Peterculter – formation of parking layby

Proposals to be funded by the Disabled Parking Revenue budget

·         Disabled parking bays to be provided through the Disabled Persons’ Parking Places (Scotland) Act 2009

-       On street parking (8 spaces) at various locations as set out in the report

The report recommended:-

that Committee –

(a)       approve the proposals in principle;

(b)       instruct the appropriate officers to commence the necessary legal procedures of preliminary statutory consultation for the traffic regulation orders required as described in the report.  If no significant objections were received, to instruct officers to progress with the public advertisement and report the results to a future meeting of the Committee;  and

(c)       instruct the appropriate officers to commence the combined statutory consultation for the traffic regulation order for the list of Blue Badge parking bays and report back to a future meeting of the Committee.

The Convener, seconded by Vice Convener Jean Morrison, moved the recommendations as contained in the report, with the request that officers report back to Committee in relation to the speed limits in the A944 / Skene Road / Lang Stracht area once the new signal controls were in place for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Councillor Dickson moved as an amendment, seconded by Councillor Noble:-

“(i)  To approve the recommendations contained in the report with the exception of the recommendation in respect of 5.01 (A944 / Skene Road / Queens Road / Lang Stracht);  and (ii) to reverse the decision of the Enterprise, Strategic Planning and Infrastructure Committee of September 2014 in respect of the A944/B9119 40MPH speed limit and restore the original speed limit to this part of the road.”

On a division, there voted:- for the motion (12) – the Convener; Vice Convener Graham; Vice Convener Jean Morrison; and Councillors Allan, Delaney, Finlayson, Lawrence, Laing, Malik, Milne, Thomson and Yuill; for the amendment (6) – Councillors Corall, Cormie, Dickson, Jackie Dunbar, Noble and Samarai.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the motion.