5 APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER UNDER THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1984 PDF 1 MB
Community: Llanberis and
Nant Peris
Ward: Llanberis
Proposal: Gwynedd Council Order (various County roads, Arfon Area) (30mph speed restriction) 2023
Additional documents:
Decision:
DECISION:
To approve keeping
the speed restriction at 30mph on a section of the road on the A4086 and
keeping the speed restriction at 30mph on the A4086 between Nant Peris park and
ride and Pont Gwastadnant.
Minutes:
Community: Llanberis
and Nant Peris Ward: Llanberis
Proposal:
Gwynedd Council Order (various County roads, Arfon
Area) (30mph speed restriction) 2023
a)
It was reported that a Restricted Roads (20mph Speed Limit) (Wales) Order
2022 had been made by Welsh Ministers on 13 July 2022 following Senedd Cymru's
decision. Before 17 September 2023, local authorities should consider which
restricted roads must stay at 30mph. To this end, the Council had introduced a
30mph order for Arfon, Dwyfor
and Meirionnydd areas with the Arfon order including
an intention to keep the speed restriction at 30mph on 37 sections of the road
in the area.
The proposed 20mph Scheme was consulted upon with
stakeholders in December 2022 as part of the pre-consultation process where
observations were received and changes were introduced
to the schemes. Further consultations on the proposed schemes were held with
stakeholders and members of the public in April 2023. In July 2023, as part of
the statutory consultation process, an e-mail was received objecting to the
order for two sections of the A4086 Class 1 Road from Llanberis Community
Council (although reasons for the objections had not been submitted).
In response to the objections, it was noted that
Officers were of the opinion that these sections of the road should stay at
30mph as the road was a first class road, that the number of houses on the side
of the road was smaller than 20 buildings/km and that there were only dwellings
without a private access road from the highway on one side of the road and it
would affect the emergency services. It was reiterated that the roads in
question were currently 30mph and, therefore, the order did not propose any
change to the road's current situation. Although officers fully understood the
wishes of Llanberis Community Council, those wishes did not correspond with the
guidance set out by the Welsh Government. Despite this, the Traffic Unit would
continue to monitor traffic on these sections of the road with the intention of
reviewing the decision in 6 months.
It was reiterated that the requirements of the Equality
Act 2010 and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 had been
considered when assessing the proposal.
a) It was proposed
and seconded to approve the exceptions.
b)
During
the ensuing discussion, the following observation by a Member
was noted:
·
These sections of the
road were very short, therefore, keep at 20mph for safety.
In response to an observation about implementing a
small 30mph section on Ffordd Pentre' Castell before reducing further to 20mph,
it was noted that the Traffic Unit had deemed reducing from 60mph to 20mph as
too much of a step and, therefore, a short 30mph buffer had been implemented to
reduce speed gradually.
RESOLVED:
To approve keeping the speed restriction at 30mph on a
section of the road near Pendre Castell on the A4086
and keeping the speed restriction at 30mph on the A4086 between Nant Peris park and ride and Pont Gwastadnant.