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Proposed Traffic Calming Measures

Traffic and Road Safety - Preliminary Consultation Form

The increase in traffic in recent years has meant that once quiet residential areas are being used by more and more vehicles. In some cases the vehicles are travelling too fast for the road conditions and causing nuisance and danger to residents in the area. For this reason, North East Lincolnshire Council has adopted an area based approach to traffic calming which is intended to create a safer and more pleasant environment for all road users and pedestrians.

Why calm traffic?

To improve safety and convenience for vulnerable road users, especially children, pedestrians, cyclists and people with disabilities
To reduce the number and severity of accidents
To improve and enhance street appearance
To discourage non-essential use of unsuitable routes
To reduce the effect on the environment by traffic noise and pollution

Traffic Calming proposals have not yet been designed for this area. This consultation gives you an opportunity to find out more about traffic calming, let us know what your problems are and how you think they should be addressed.

Types of Traffic Calming

Raised Junctions
Raised junctions consist of a plateau or flat-topped road hump, built across the whole area of the junction

Road Humps
Road humps are used to reduce vehicle speeds and, in the case of flat-topped humps, may provide a level surface for pedestrians to cross. Road humps are not used on roads that are used by buses as this can lead to discomfort felt by passengers

Speed Cushions
Speed cushions are a form of road hump with gaps that allow buses, emergency service and large goods vehicles (but not cars) to span them. For them to work effectively and to sustain the safe and expedient passage of larger vehicles, they should ideally be implemented with a small section of waiting restriction on both kerb edges, running along the side. The introduction of speed cushions can often lead to controversy as residents often feel that kerbside parking space is being removed and that they will be inconvenienced.

Gateways
Gateways are combinations of natural or man made features at the entry to, or exit from, areas where the rules of the road or drivers' expectations change, for example where there is a change in the speed limit. Gateway features often include pedestrian refuges and sometimes surface treatment to visually highlight any change in conditions.

20mph Zones
20mph zones can be mandatory or advisory, part-time or full-time. They are generally introduced with other traffic calming measures, although were average speeds are below 24mph, no other measures need be introduced.

Build-Outs
Build-Outs are a narrowing of the carriageway, constructed on one side of the road, possibly as an extension the footway although many now contain a cut through for a cycle lane. They are often combined with sheltered parking and can help provide a safer crossing point.

Chicanes
Chicanes consist of two or more build-outs on alternate sides of the road, but not opposite one another, to create horizontal deflections. Speed cushions are sometimes used in conjunction with chicanes to stop vehicles straight line racing through any gap.

Road Narrowing
Road narrowing can consist of short or long pinch points and priority signing.
One Way streets may be used as part of an area-wide scheme to break up roads into short sections and indirect routes. By creating detours, one way streets can "discourage rat running" but may encourage higher speeds because of the absence of opposing traffic. Contra-flow cycle routes can sometimes be incorporated.

Pinch Points
Pinch points consist of a pair of build-outs on opposite sides of a road to create a narrowing, thus helping to modify vehicle speeds and to reduce the risk to pedestrians as they cross the road and are often combined with speed cushions and priority signing.

Road Markings
Road markings are used to hatch or mark out different areas of the carriageway, to define traffic lanes, convey messages, and define traffic lanes and to create the visual effect of narrowing the carriageway. Care must be taken to ensure that the visual effect of road markings, especially words like "SLOW" on coloured backgrounds is not diluted due to over-proliferation.

Mini-Roundabouts
Mini-Roundabouts are used at junctions on long straight roads to break up the road into shorter sections, which can slow traffic down. Mini-roundabouts may not always be an acceptable traffic calming solution because they require land take, often at the expense of footways in the immediate vicinity.

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