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Decision details

Brook Street and Davies Street Two Way Project

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for City Highways, Cabinet Member for Business, Culture and Heritage

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

Results of Traffic Management Order consultation and, subject to resolution of any objections, commencement of implementation.

Decision:

1.            Thatapprovalisgivenforthe finaldesigns fortheBrookStreetandDaviesStreetTwo- Way Projectas shownon theGeneralArrangementdrawingsnumbered70018389-03- GA-01to 05 (RevA4/5)shownin AppendixB to the report.

 

2.            ThatTrafficManagementOrdersare madetointroducetherevisedparkingand loadingcontrols asshownon theTrafficManagementOrderdrawingsnumbered 70018389-03-TMO-01to 05 (Rev D/E)shownin AppendixG to the report.

 

3.            Thatapprovalisgivento implementtheproposalsin linewiththeProposedProject DeliveryProgrammefortheBrookStreetandDaviesStreetTwo-WayProject asset out in Section8 of thereport.

 

4.            Thatspendingapprovalisgivenof £1.22m,all ofwhichis fundedby Transportfor London.

 

5.            ThattheExecutiveDirectorofCityManagementandCommunitiesisgivendelegated authorityto makeanyadditionalminorchangesto theTrafficManagementOrders neededfortheprojectand tomakeany necessarychangesto theBrook Streetand DaviesStreet Two-Way Project designsas presentedin thereport,inconsultationwith theCabinetMemberforBusiness,CultureandHeritageandtheCabinetMemberfor CityHighwayson conditionthatthesechangesdo notexceedtheoverallapproved capitalexpenditureof£1.22m.

 

6.            ThattheCabinetMember for Business CultureandHeritage, andtheCabinetMember forCityHighwaysagreed resolutions 1 to5 totheextentthatthemattersfall within theirrespectiveTerms of Reference.


                          ReasonsforDecision

 

1.         Theproposedhighwaymodificationsthatwillbe deliveredby theBrook Streetand DaviesStreetTwo-WayProject willimprovepermeabilityand accessibilityin the Mayfairarea byshorteningjourneys,improvingtrafficflowsand byimprovingroute choices forall roadusers,including cyclists.Currentloadingand parkingopportunities arebeingmaintainedand manydeliveryvehicleswillhaveto undertakeless circuitous routesinorder toreachthebusinessesbecauseofthenewtwowaytraffic availabilities.

 

2.         Thisproject willsupportthedeliveryof theadjacentBondStreetPublicRealm ImprovementProjectwhichproposes anew rightturninto BrookStreetso thattraffic onBondStreet,takingadvantageoftheproposedtwowaytrafficoperationonBrook Street,has analternativeroute intotheMayfairarea. TheBrook StreetandDavies StreetTwo-WayProjectwillalso supportotherprojectsand schemesnearby suchas Hanover Squareandthe developingBerkeleySquare project.

 

3.         Theresults ofthestakeholderengagementand TrafficManagementConsultation indicatethatoveralltheprojectis consideredbeneficial,butminoramendmentsare proposedtothekerbsidecontrolsthatwereadvertisedto addressthecommentsand objectionthathave been received.

 

Publication date: 04/04/2017

Date of decision: 04/04/2017

Effective from: 05/04/2017

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