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Salford City Council - Record of Decision
 
Title: GM Clean Air Plan - Regent Road Local
Measures Moving Traffic Offences
 
I Councillor Jack Youd, Deputy City
Mayor and Lead Member for
Finance, Support Services and Regeneration, in exercise of the
powers contained within the City Council Constitution do hereby approve the introduction of
Moving Traffic Offence enforcement cameras at sites on Regent Road
and Trinity Way to support the Greater Manchester Clean Air
Plan.
 
The Reasons are:
 
The City Council have been working with TfGM
and the Greater Manchester Districts to gain approval for an
Investment Led Clean Air Plan, rather than the previously approved
charging Clean Air Zone across the region. As well as investment in
new buses and taxis, there are a limited number of local measures
required in Salford and Manchester. This includes a 30mph speed
limit and adjustments to traffic signals on Regent Road as well as
some local highway measures in the St Johns area of Manchester City
Centre. The modelled results indicate delivering compliance in air
quality terms, with the Government agreeing with the results and
supporting the Investment Led Plan in January 2025.
To ensure the modelled results are reflected
on the network, compliance with the speed limit and other
restrictions in place need to be enforced.
 
The proposal at Regent Road and Trinity Way is
to carry out enforcement of the yellow boxes to increase compliance
and ensure, insofar as possible, that the network operates as
modelled and delivers the modelled outcomes in air quality
terms.
 
 
Options considered and rejected were: take no action
 
 
Assessment of Risk: There is limited risk from this project as it is
fully funded from GMCAP including the provision of the cameras and
operational costs.
 
 
 
The source of funding is: GMCA Clean Air Plan
funding
 
Legal Advice obtained:
Shared Legal Service and Rob
Owen - Head of Highways and Network Management
 
The Civil Enforcement of Moving Traffic
Contraventions Designation Order 2023 devolved civil enforcement
powers  for some moving traffic offences
to those Local Authorities named in the Act. The Act also specifies
the area within the Local Authority to which this applies.
 
Salford City Council are included and the
designated area is  defined as
‘  the part of the area of
Salford City Council designated as a civil enforcement area for
parking contraventions and as a special enforcement area by article
3(1) and 3(2)(c) (designation of civil enforcement areas and
special enforcement areas under the Act) of,and Schedule 4 to, the
Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (England)
(Amendment) and Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions
Designation (No. 2) Order 2012(39) as it had effect immediately
before the relevant date;’
 
Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Traffic Management
Act 2004 defines the Moving Traffic Offences the désignation
order permits to be enforced. It includes  offences under  s.36
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Chapter 5 of Traffic Signs and General
Directions (TSGD) also says box junctions come under this
section.
 
A Traffic Regulation Order is not needed to
install yellow box markings but Chapter 5 of TSGD does say though
that  the police should always be consulted.
 
Therefore so long as the proposed box
junctions are within the designated area and are marked on the road
in accordance with TSGD and the Police have been consulted there is
minimal risk of any challenge to civil enforcement. Further, the
fact that the Council has consulted more widely than it legally
needed to, will only help support robust decision making.
 
 
Financial Advice obtained:
Ian Cowburn, Senior
Accountant.
 
Procurement Advice obtained: n/a
 
 
HR Advice obtained: n/a
 
Climate Change Advice obtained:
This scheme is intended to
improve air quality and reduce congestion, and should make active
travel safer in the vicinity and therefore should have a positive
impact with regards to climate change.
 
 
The following documents have been used to
assist the decision process:

Report submitted to Property/Regen
Briefing on 22nd September 2025

 

Lead Member for
Planning and Sustainable Development Report of 12th
March 2025.

 
 

Contact Officer:  
Robert Owen - Head of Highways and Network
Management
robert.owen@salford.gov.uk
                    
 
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This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead
Member.
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The appropriate scrutiny to call-in the decision is the Growth and
Prosperity Scrutiny Panel                       
 
 
Signed: Councillor Jack Youd      
Deputy City Mayor and Lead Member for
Finance, Support Services and Regeneration
Dated: 22nd September 2025
                                                   
 
This decision was published on  Monday
22nd September 2025                                           
This decision will come in force at 4.00 p.m.
on Monday 29th September 2025
unless it
is called-in in accordance with the Decision Making Process
Rules.