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AGENDA
Maidstone Joint Transportation Board Meeting
Date: Wednesday 15 April 2015 Time: 5.00 pm Venue: Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone
Membership:
Councillors Ash, Bird, Brown, Burton, Carter, Chittenden, Clark, Cooke, Cuming, Daley, Ells, English, Fissenden, Hotson, Moriarty, Mrs Stockell (Chairman), Mrs Whittle, J.A. Wilson (Vice-Chairman) and Mrs Wilson
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1. Apologies for Absence |
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2. Notification of Substitute Members |
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3. Notification of Visiting Members |
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4. Disclosures by Members and Officers |
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5. Disclosures of lobbying |
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6. Minutes of the Meeting Held on 21 January 2015 |
1 - 9 |
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7. Petitions |
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1. Notice has been given pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 11 of the intention to present a petition in the following terms:
We, the users of Headcorn Road, specifically in and around the Grafty Green area and its extension into Lenham and Kings roads, petition the Kent County Council to impose a 7.5 tonne weight restriction (except for local/authorised traffic) on these roads which are totally unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles.
· There are very dangerous sections and serious impediments/hazards approaching and near/at Headcorn School and MOREOVER only single track widths at Liverton Hill, Sandway and near Platts Heath school.
· There are accidents and frequent hold-ups on the single track width sections which are not all signed.
· A KCC survey in January 2014 indicated total traffic volumes of 8021 light vehicles and 375 HGV’s in one week which may be reasonable for a standard two lane road but unacceptable on a narrow road with two schools and single track width sections used by the largest articulated lorries, often Continental.
· Headcorn Road is the only minor moderately DIRECT North/South route from the A20 to the A274 between Willington St and Charing without a restriction.
· Traffic volumes will increase dramatically as surrounding developments proceed in Harrietsham, Headcorn, Lenham and at the M20 Junction 8.
· This petition is supported by the Boughton Malherbe, Harrietsham, Headcorn and Ulcombe Parish Councils.
2. Notice has been given pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 11 of the intention to present a petition in the following terms:
We the undersigned as residents who will be most affected
by the congestion, and linked pollution, noise and road safety impacts,
arising from Council plans for massive development along the Hermitage Lane
corridor in west Maidstone request that the Conservative run Maidstone
Borough Council and Kent County Council ensure that: · The scale of new housing proposed for our area is reduced to a level appropriate to existing infra-structure and to protect local landscape character and quality of life
· Extensive areas of high quality green space are protected and new planting is provided to screen and mitigate against noise ,air and light pollution arising from any new development; and
· State of the art road safety measures accompany any new development (including a safe crossing point at the St. Andrew's Road / Fountain Lane intersection).
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8. Questions/Statements by members of the public |
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9. Report of the KCC Head of Transport and Development - Updates on Petitions Submitted to Kent Highway Services |
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10. Report of the KCC Head of Transportation and Development - A229 Corridor Study |
14 - 17 |
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11. Report of the KCC Head of Countywide Improvements - Highway Improvement Schemes |
18 - 26 |
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12. Report of the KCC Head of Transportation and Development - Transport Strategy Progress Verbal Report |
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INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS |
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13. Report of the KCC Head of Highways and Transportation - Highways Work Programme 2015/16 |
27 - 36 |
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14. Report of the KCC Head of Transport and Development - Site Visit Fees Verbal Update |
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Registering for Public Speaking In order to book a slot to speak at this meeting of the Joint Transportation Board please contact Janet Barnes on 01622 602242 by 3.30pm on the day of the meeting. You will also need to inform us of the topic you wish to speak on. Please note that slots will be allocated on a first come, first served basis up to a maximum of ten speakers.
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