Highways and Environment Meeting – Officers updated on list of Works
Since the public meeting in January, we have been in contact with highway Officers and have sent the following list of works which can get underway in the short term. We intend to meet with officers and review the longer term road priorities raised by residents, which will need further consultation.
§ Signage in the village, some need taking away / replacing, and generally reviewed.
- Uneven Footpaths, attend to North Road pavement (opposite side to Bank / Letterbox) which slopes
- Pavements, Gullies and Road cleaning needed, Tyning Road, Church Road, and the Avenue
- 20 mph limit top of Shaft Road to join up with the 20 mph in place further down that Road just past the Mountpleasant junction.
- Drop Kerbs needed
- To join up double yellow lines to make continuous double yellow lines on North Road from Farrs Lane to end of Selway Court
· Remove temporary yellow lines in The Avenue
§ Issues of traffic speed reduction on North Road ( from junction with Ralph Allen Drive to MOD) and to review the safety re the siting of pedestrian crossings.
§ Re-mark faded Bus stop in Combe Road
§ Ensure privately owned hedges are trimmed back from Footpaths
§ Repair of rail on pathway in Westerleigh Road
§ More bollards in the Avenue, to protect grass verges
We have asked Highways to evaluate the damage done to North Road and all the roads in the village by Project vehicles, and to then get a contribution from the Project for their repair.
4 Comments
have your say
What about asking Monkton Combe School to make the road across their field two-way.
At a stroke this would take 80% of the traffic out of the village and massively increase the safety of Tyning Road which,due to its width,is a safety hazard?
Paul Swainbank
Church Road
Combe Down
01225 833314
Paul
We have raised this with the school in the past and they are not against this idea. The field is not owned by them though. We are meeting the schools to discuss their ‘Master Plan’ early in June and it is certainly something that Cherry and I will raise with them again.
thank you
Roger
Shaft Road:
1. The drain at the corner of Shaft Road and Claverton Down Road is flooding badly when it rains.
2. We would propose that the double yellow lines should be extended from North Road/Claverton Down Road to the point where the road widens at the entrance to Lodge Style. This would prevent the present habit of parking in this narrow section that obstructs the passage of cars, and particularly Service vehicles and lorries to Hancocks quarry. The turning into Shaft Road is blind from the Claverton Down Road side and these obstructing cars prevent a real danger.
Light Pollution from Floodlights
3. We are concerned that the floodlights from Prior Park School playing field which are used in the Autumn/Winter months are incorrectly shaded to the North Road side. These lights are dazzling to drivers travelling East to West direction and to pedestrians in both directions. The lights are strong enough to be seen clearly from the Laura Place fountain in Bath.
4. Another single dazzling floodlight is sighted on Glenburnie (Church Road)and is intended to illuminate the Monkton Combe Pre-Prep playground and car park, but is a nuisance to a much wider area. This light is blinding to residents all around and drivers and pedestrians crossing the Playing fields. We can see it stongly from our house at the top of Shaft Road and friends in St. Winifred’s Drive also find it a nuisance. The light is not switched off in the school holidays.
Many thanks for these comments. We will make sure that the drain at the Shaft road junction is logged with the council. All these gullies are being checked out following the mines stabilisation, to make sure that they are working properly. We will also get officers to look at the floodlighting that you have identified.
New flood lighting has over the past few years been much better since the council has been taking the advice of the ‘Campaign for Dark Skies’, ensuring that light is reflected downwards. I know that Bath University lighting is not exemplary, but it is much improved since the last planning application for the Sports Village, which required that the original flood lighting was brought up to the new higher standards. Thank you both for reporting these issues.