Decision details

The Chief Officer, Highways & Transportation:
a) noted the contents of this report, and the report to the Director of City Development dated 23rd November 2020;

b) instructed the City Solicitor to advertise two experimental Traffic Regulation Orders to introduce:

i) A Bus Taxi and Cycle gate and a one way traffic flow on Queen Street from its junction with Chapel Hill southbound for 27 metres;

ii) Extension of the existing Prohibition of Vehicles on Queen Street to cover the period 7pm – 7am Friday – Monday and to restrict loading and unloading between 5pm and 7pm in addition to the existing hours of restriction;

iii) No Waiting At Any Time on parts of Queen Street on the approach to the junction with Chapel Hill, all as shown on drawing No. TM-26-664-TRO-01 and to include a provision within the Orders to enable the Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation) to modify or suspend the operation of the Orders or any of their provisions during the period of the experiment if it appears to him to be essential to do so; and

c) At the end of the experiment which can remain in operation for a maximum period of 18 months and if no valid objections are received following the 6 month minimum objection period, to give appropriate consideration to making the Orders permanent to incorporate any modifications considered necessary as a consequence of monitoring the experiment.