Briarfield Road Traffc Regulation Order

John Fareham and John Abbott report that a clear majority of Briarfield Road residents have expressed a preference for double yellow lines on one side. Nineteen households have now contacted us to say they would like double yellow lines and of those nineteen, two have expressed a preference for which side the double yellow lines should be on and suggested that the lines should extend into the turning circle. The overall result enables us to move forward and ask the engineers to translate the general idea into specific detailed designs which we will then refer back to local residents in the necessary formal consultation process. We would of course like to thank local residents for taking part in our in formal consultation; as the official process will cost a fairly considerable sum of public money, we thought it better to consult residents informally first.

Hotham Road North potholes

John Fareham and John Abbott have arranged for potholes on Hotham Road North to be filled in. Work to carry out these repairs will begin over the weekend and is part of our continuous effort to ensure that standards of carriageway maintenance are maintained. This particular job is the result of prolonged pressure on our part and will be followed by other similar work elsewhere. We remain of the view that carriageway maintenance is a safety issue, not least for cyclists and pedestrians, and will continue to treat it as a priority. Officers may cite minimum depths for potholes to reach before they act on them; we prefer to believe the evidence of our own eyes, and of course those of local residents, and to proceed on that basis.

Huntley Drive grass verges

John Fareham and John Abbott are taking further steps to protect Huntley Drive grass verges. We have become aware lately that the one way system is now a less than complete solution to the problem of grass verges being chewed up by motorists. We are therefore preparing to install something at the appropriate place in order to offer a better prospect of protecting your grass verges; if the problem remains we will of course pursue alternative solutions until the matter is fully and satisfactorily resolved.

Barrington Avenue street light replacement

John Fareham and John Abbott wish to know whether street lights such as are fitted in Allderidge Avenue would be a suitable replacement for those now in Barrington Avenue, which are in imminent need of replacement. As local residents will be aware the existing Barrington Avenue lamp standards have been in use since 1930 and are now sufficiently close to the end of their operational usefulness that they will need to be replaced very soon. We do of course understand that a number of local residents like them and that they wish to retain their traditional appearance, but when the street lights are close to conking out permanent retention is no longer an option. We therefore ask local residents whether they would prefer the existing lamp standards to be replaced with new, traditional-style lamps such as those in Allderidge Avenue or with something more modern.

Barrington Avenue parking consultation

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the Council has conducted a consultation exercise on whether local residents, including those in Barrington Avenue, wish to pay to retain controlled parking. Letters from the Council with a voting form attached were circulated – those for Barrington Avenue were due to start going out on February 1st – and residents then had three weeks to reply. Based on the replies a report will then be prepared for the March meeting of Wyke Area Committee who will then decide on what should happen to Barrington Avenue’s controlled parking zone. We therefore urged all local residents who have a view on the matter to take this opportunity to express it. The controlled parking zone was introduced a considerable number of years ago to cover an area a mile or so from the campus, simply because student parking, which has increased along with student numbers.