Issue - meetings

Further to Minute 113 (19 March 2013), the Cabinet Member for Regeneration presented a report on proposed revisions to the Merry Fiddlers junction improvements at Becontree Heath.

The Cabinet Member explained that the revisions would further enhance pedestrian and cycle access and safety, which was particularly important as the area was heavily used by school children and the elderly, without being to the detriment of motor vehicles.  In response to a point on the visual appearance of the area, the Cabinet Member agreed to provide his Cabinet colleagues with details of the future plans once they had been properly developed.

Cabinet resolved to agree the following minor amendments to the designs for the Merry Fiddlers junction in order for the outstanding highways improvements to be implemented:

(i)  Upgrading traffic signals on all junction arms to provide Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique (SCOOT);

(ii)  Reducing the number of lanes on Green Lane from 3 to 2;

(iii)  Widening of the Green Lane pedestrian crossing island ;

(iv)  Providing Advance Stop Lanes (ASLs) at all arms of the junction.