Issue - decisions

Middleton Bike Park – Proposed Toucan / Informal Crossings

04/08/2017 - Middleton Bike Park – Proposed Toucan / Informal Crossings

The Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation)

i) authorised the detailed design and subsequent implementation of a scheme to introduce a toucan crossing, an informal crossing, and a shared use footway/cycleway on Ring Road Beeston Park as shown on the attached drawing TM-23-2863-01-01;

ii) gave authority to display a notice on site under the provision of Section 23 of the Roads Traffic Regulations Act 1984 in order to inform the public of the proposed toucan crossing; and

iii) approved with reference to the powers contained in Section 66(4) of the Highways Act 1980, that the relevant lengths of footway as proposed cycle tracks are removed and that following the removal of the footways, cycle tracks are constructed under the powers contained under the provisions of section 65(1) of the Highways Act 1980 for shared joint use by pedal cyclists and pedestrians.