Sent on behalf of Keith Stenning, Head of Network Management, Oxfordshire County Council
Dear All,
FORMAL CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSAL BY OXFORSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN STREETS AS TRAFFIC-SENSITIVE UNDER THE STREET WORKS (REGISTERS, NOTICES, DIRECTIONS AND DESIGNATIONS (ENGLAND) REGULATIONS 2007
Under section 64 of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 a Street Authority may designate certain streets (or parts of streets) as Traffic-Sensitive.
In accordance with Traffic Management Act 2004 and the Streetworks (Registers, Notices, Directions and Designations) (England) Regulations 2007, I am pleased to invite your views on the proposed designation of certain Oxfordshire streets as Traffic-Sensitive.
From time to time the designations of streets as Traffic-Sensitive is reviewed in consultation with Utility companies, and other interested parties.
In addition, the government has decided to proceed with amending regulations to remove the criteria: ‘is designated by the HA as part of its winter maintenance programme’; ‘is on a tourist route or within an area where major events take place’; and ‘is covered by a congestion charge’, so in response, Oxfordshire County Council has recently completed a review of its Traffic-Sensitive Network.
This Traffic-Sensitive network has been developed using the guideline criteria identified in Section 5 of the Department for Transport’s document ‘New Roads and Street Works Act 1991: Code of Practice for the Co-ordination of Street Works and Works for Road Purposes and Related Matters August 2009’.
How to respond
Link to the consultation > Traffic Sensitive Streets Review Consultation | Let’s Talk Oxfordshire
Responses should be made via taking the survey which is accessible via the link above.
This consultation runs for a period of 4 weeks starting from the Thursday 27th June to Friday 26th July 2024. Responses received after this date will not be considered.
All responses received will be taken into consideration and if Oxfordshire County Council considers it to be appropriate, amendments will be made to the draft Traffic Sensitive Streets
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