Decision details

Following consideration of this report, the Cabinet Member is asked to:
• Refuse the objections to the Speed Limit Order.
• Make the Speed Limit Order, as advertised.

a) The objections to the Speed Limit Order be refused and the Order as advertised, be made.

b) Officers investigate the feasibility and location of Vehicle Activated signs.

c) Officers investigate the feasibility of a shared cycle/pedestrian facility along the A6096 from Ilkeston to Spondon.

d) Objectors with specific concerns regarding potential future housing developments should contact Erewash Borough Council, Town Hall, Derby Road, Long Eaton, NG10 1HU, Telephone: 0115 9072244 or Email: planning@erewash.gov.uk

e) Objectors with specific requests for collision data should contact the CREST who are the enforcement arm of the Derby and Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership at https://www.crestderbyshire.org/about-us/contact-us/

This proposal helps to achieve the Council’s aim to reduce casualties, improve the safety and quality of life for residents and those who travel through.

The proposed Speed Limit Order for the A6096 forms part of a number of improvements included in a 2021-22 Traffic and Safety Capital Scheme for this route.

Due to the A classification, current speed limit and rural nature of the A6096, other suitable traffic measures are limited. For example: vertical and horizontal measures can only be introduced on roads with a speed limit of 30mph or less, and where street lighting is present.

The Department for Transport (DfT) guidance provides a site selection criteria where the number of killed or seriously injured is at least three per kilometre for fixed safety camera sites. Before investigating the suitability of Safety Cameras other options should be considered first.