Decision details

The Council has received £650,000 from Transport for London for highway improvements to Whalebone Lane North, to improve road safety and tackle congestion at the junction with the A12, and to Ballards Road, to improve road safety and accessibility as well as the junction with the A1306.

The Cabinet will be asked to approve proposals relating to the highway improvement schemes for the two areas.

Cabinet resolved to:

(i)  Approve the draft proposals for highways improvements to Whalebone Lane North and Ballards Road as set out in the report;

(ii)  Agree the programme of community consultation and engagement with relevant stakeholders in respect of the proposals;

(iii)  Authorise the Divisional Director of Regeneration, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Regeneration, to agree and implement the final schemes following the public consultation; and

(iv)  Authorise the Divisional Director of Regeneration to refine the outline plans to reconfigure / simplify the Ballards Road/New Road junction and to ascertain the potential for and costs of downgrading the A1306 New Road, in preparation for the submission of a Major Scheme bid to Transport for London in September 2016.