Dudley Road - Phase 3 Barford Estate - Traffic Regulation Order consultation
Overview
Following a public consultation in November 2020 for the wider Dudley Road scheme, the city council took on board comments from members of the public and included these within a revised design for the Barford estate area. This revised design was consulted on in Autumn 2021.
This consultation is about the Traffic Regulation Orders (the legal documents required to make changes to the status of the road) associated with phase 3 of the Dudley Road (Barford Estate) improvement scheme.
Walking, cycling and public transport are all vital tools in the difficult tasks of solving congestion, air quality and our climate crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has also changed people’s habits and further highlighted the importance of walking and cycling as safe and sustainable ways to travel.
We are therefore planning to:
- Close the section of Northbrook Street to motorised vehicles between Dudley Road and Willow Gardens to provide a public space for pedestrians and cyclists
- Introduce a number of waiting and loading restrictions on the Barford estate
- Install traffic calming measures at a number of locations to slow vehicle speeds through the estate
- Install a parallel crossing on Barford Road near Emily Gardens
About this consultation
During this consultation, you can make comments on the proposals or submit a formal objection (which must include the grounds for the objection). You can either make your response via this webpage (please provide your contact details as part of your response), by email to transport.projects@birmingham.gov.uk or you can post a written objection to: Assistant Director - Transport & Connectivity, Place, Prosperity & Sustainability Directorate, 1 Lancaster Circus Queensway, PO Box 14439, Birmingham B2 2JE.
All responses must be received by 27 June 2022.
If you have chosen to object to the proposed orders, you may be contacted by a project officer to further discuss your objection.
If you have any questions about this consultation or need help understanding the plans, please contact transport.projects@birmingham.gov.uk
What is included in this consultation?
A Traffic Regulation Order, or TRO, is the legal documentation required to make changes to the status of the highway (road). This consultation is to make residents and businesses aware of the proposals to introduce, amend and make permanent, TROs in the Barford estate area.
A TRO is accompanied by a plan (map) showing the proposed measures visually.
The TROs in this consultation include four types of change: traffic movements; parking restrictions; raised table/speed cushions and cycle lane.
There is also information regarding the installation of a parallel crossing point for pedestrians and cyclists.
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Traffic movements
To close the section of Northbrook Street between Dudley Road and Willow Gardens to motorised vehicles to provide a public space for pedestrians and cyclists.
Parking
To vary/introduce waiting/loading restrictions as follows:
Barford Road
- No waiting at any time, no loading/unloading Monday - Saturday 7.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (junction with Barford Road)
- No waiting at any time, no loading/unloading Monday - Saturday 7.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (junction with Emily Gardens)
- No waiting at any time, no loading/unloading Monday - Saturday 7.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (junction with Coplow Street)
- Length of limited waiting, maximum stay 20 minutes, no return within 1 hour
Wiggin Street
- No waiting at any time, no loading/unloading Monday - Saturday 7.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (junction with Northbrook Street)
- No waiting at any time, no loading/unloading Monday - Saturday 7.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (junction with Icknield Port Road)
Northbrook Street:
- Length of no waiting at any time, no loading/unloading Monday - Saturday 7.00 a.m. - 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
Dudley Road
- Length of no waiting at any time, no loading/unloading at any time (junction with Northbrook Street)
Cycle lane
To introduce a length of segregated cycle lane on:
- Northbrook Street (to the southside of its junction with Dudley Road) to connect to the toucan crossing on Dudley Road to access Heath Street and the canal towpath
Raised tables and speed cushions
To install a raised table (a raised section of road with a ramp on each approach to slow vehicles down) on the following roads. The raised tables will be approximately 100 mm in height:
- Barford Road north of the junction with Emily Gardens
- Wiggin Street/ Northbrook Street junction
To install speed cushions (a short, raised, rounded device, normally in the centre of a road lane to slow vehicles down) on the following roads. Speed cushions will be approximately 75 mm in height:
- Barford Road
- Wiggin Street
- Northbrook Street
To remove a set of speed cushions on:
- Barford Road - north of the junction with Emily Gardens
Pedestrian & cycle crossing facilities
To install a parallel crossing (where cyclists have a crossing marked parallel to pedestrian crossing place) on the new raised table to connect the east-west footpath/cycle link on :
- Barford Road north of the junction with Emily Gardens
Areas
- North Edgbaston
Audiences
- All residents
- Councillors/MPs/MEPs
- Cyclists
- Motor Vehicle Drivers
- Pedestrians
- Local Residents
- Businesses
Interests
- cycling
- Health & Wellbeing
- Environment
- Business
- Travel
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