Purpose

Report on the experimental TMO
for proposals within the West and East Greenwich areas

Content

1.
      Noted the
engagement results from the West & East Greenwich Neighbourhood
Management consultation between 13th February 2023 and 24th March
2023, and 21st of August and 6th October 2023.

 
2.       Noted the options set out
in this report and their potential impacts.

 
3.       Agreed the preferred
option is Option 2, to amend the proposed trial scheme of Option A
and commence statutory consultation on Option A for both West and
East Greenwich areas as an experimental traffic order. This
includes the following amendments to the proposed trial scheme:

 
3.1. Replace hard closures with
Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera-enforced closures
wherever feasible.
 
3.2. Extend the
exemptions proposed in the consultation options (emergency
vehicles, refuse vehicles, taxis and Blue Badge holders who have
applied for an exemption) to also incorporate:
• Organisations
which qualify for a Blue Badge (with a free permit);
• Individual
circumstance exemptions (with a free permit); and
• Private Hire
Vehicles.
 
3.3. Include
part-time operation of camera controlled restrictions (such as
modal filters and bus gates). These would operate: i. weekdays
only; and ii. peak hours only, between 07:00-10:00 (AM) and
3:00-7:00 (PM).
 
4.       Agreed to authorise the
Chief Officer to advertise and make the Experimental Traffic Order
(ETO) and take all necessary to implement the measures to trial the
West & East Greenwich Neighbourhood Management Project Option 2
subject to the carrying out of the statutory process as prescribed
by the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and
Wales) Regulations 1996.

 
5.       Noted that if the Chief
Officer is authorised pursuant to paragraph 1.3 of this report to
advertise and make the ETO, a further report would be required,
should objections be received that officers are unable to resolve
during the statutory consultation stage.

 
6.       Noted that an ETO can stay
in force for up to a maximum of 18 months while the effects are
monitored and assessed. If the Chief Officer is authorised pursuant
to paragraph 1.3 of this report to advertise and make the ETO,
further consultation and monitoring would occur during any
experimental order’s operation, and a final decision would be
required in due course as to whether or not the ETO should be made
permanent.