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Arlington Traffic Management Plan Presentation to Arlington Parish AGM 19 th April 2012

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Why we have developed a TMP History of traffic management issues Noticeable increase in traffic volume Arlington Parish Plan 2008-2009 - to tackle traffic, transport & speeding problems to ensure safety in the Parish An aim to create a 40-30-20 mph speed limit throughout the Parish

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Kick-starting the TMP & its progress from 2011 - 2012 St. Bedes Sports Fields & Boarding House developments DRA Clause 16 Wealden District Councils demand for a St. Bedes Master Plan Arlington Parish Plan Action Group (APP AG) agreed to initiate a TMP process, begun in January 2011, resulting in an Interim Report in January 2012, & todays Parish agreement of our way forward in implementing our TMP

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The TMPs Strategic Aim To reduce traffic volume and manage what traffic does travel through the Parish Traffic that comes INTO, & uses our facilities, & creates economic development is acceptable, BUT traffic that goes THROUGH the Parish & does not give us positive economic development, but rather, a negative environmental impact is not acceptable

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How we developed this TMP process Implementing a Data Survey process to assess the volume & direction of traffic through the Parish 10 th May 2011 Data Survey Analysis Summer 2011 Implementing a Stakeholder Consultation process June December 2011 TMP AG meetings to discuss research & develop TMP proposals

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Survey Data Analysis Ray Collins presents his summary 1. TMP Survey 10 th May 2011 2. ESCC TMT 14 th 23 rd May 2011 3. St. Bedes (the Dicker) School 15 th & 18 th June 2011

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Headline results 5800+ vehicles per day in / out Parish 3 points represent 76% each way. A27 - Berwick, A22 / Lower Dicker and the A22 / Arlington Road West 48,000 vehicle movements in 9 days = 3.69 movements per minute (MPM) There is an average of 2,456 vehicles per day where the speed limit is exceeded. Arlington Village is being used as a rat run Some 4,000 pedestrian movements take place across Coldharbour Road. No measurement has taken place of the pedestrian movements between the school and the playing fields.

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Stakeholder Consultation Discussions with St. Bedes, Park Mead School, ESCC Highways, the Police, Upper Dicker Village Shop, Berwick Parish & among members of the TMP AG centred on the key traffic management issues of Speed of traffic Volume of traffic Parking

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Speed The TMP Aim is to campaign for a 20-30-40 mph speed limit throughout the Parish 20 mph around our schools & centre of Arlington Village 30 mph in our wider settlements 40 in remaining Parish

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Challenges to our aim C Roads No government review until 2014 Accidents & casualties make a difference No funding from ESCC Highways Reducing through traffic from A27 to A22 & A22 to A 27

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Volume Traffic Surveys demonstrate level of traffic traversing our Parish Reducing speed can reduce volume of traffic Barriers to traffic calming measures, signage, gates

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Parking Park Mead and St. Bedes Schools The WISE site Coldharbour Road & Upper Dicker Village Shop/Village Green

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Parish Agreement on Way Forward (1) Overall TMP Principle Proposals Manage traffic to reduce traffic volume & its speed Work in partnership to achieve overall specific aims APC, adjacent parishes, ESCC, WDC & St. Bedes School Beware that a solution at one point can negatively impact at another point

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Parish Agreement on Way Forward (2) Specific Speed Reduction Proposals are Institute a 20 mph limit in school areas & the centre of Arlington Village Institute a 30 mph limit instead of 40 mph from brow on Michelham Priory Road (East of Park Mead to current 40 mph sign on the East side of the single file bridge Institute a 40 mph limit in particular at Lower Dicker/Coldharbour Road & at Wick Street

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Parish Agreement on Way Forward (3) Specific Proposals continued Institute calming measures (shared space, signage, coloured road junctions) to achieve speed limits and volume reduction Increase clear space either side of Upper Dicker Village Green exit to increase visibility Change road layout at Lower Dicker/A22 exit

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The Dicker Crossing - present

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The Dicker Crossing - 2013

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Hartfield Ringmer It can be done!

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Next & Future Action Campaign for our TMP aims by taking the agreed TMP Action Proposals to APC, ESCC, WDC Autumn 2012 & beyond Work with our adjacent Parishes Berwick, Hellingly & Alfriston to achieve our common aims June 2012 & beyond Build a partnership with the APC & St. Bedes Trust to implement an agreed TMP