Peterhead Traffic Management Review

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What is a Traffic Management Review?

As the title suggests, this is a review of the traffic system operating within a town or village, the results of which may identify the additions required to or the amendment or even the deletion of existing traffic orders. This is not an annual review but one that is carried out as and when deemed necessary.

The types of traffic orders that may be imposed at any time include: 

  • Speed limits
  • Waiting and loading restrictions (eg single and double yellow lines)
  • Weight and Width restrictions
  • Direction restrictions (one way streets)
  • Prohibition of Driving

It should be noted that, if they are no longer required, most road traffic measures can be removed using the same statutory process by which they are imposed. 

In Scotland the responsibility for imposing orders on restricting or regulating the way vehicles are used on the roads belongs to the Scottish Government for trunk roads (eg A90 route between Fraserburgh and Peterhead) and each local authority for the roads in their area. In Aberdeenshire, that responsibility falls to Aberdeenshire Council.

Road traffic measures are brought into force under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and various Statutory Instruments.

Authorities have to follow a prescribed, statutory procedure in making these orders and the following is a rough guide to that procedure:

  1. Informal discussions are held with various groups (eg Police Scotland, Community Councils, local Community Safety and Business Groups, local Councillors and any local Disability Groups) to identify any issues that may have been raised by members or constituents. Appropriate suggestions (ie those pertinent to a traffic management review) are added to those that may have been requested by local Roads officers or directly from members of the Public.
  2. The various issues would then be assessed and measured by Roads staff and a report prepared for submission to the relevant Area Committee for their deliberation and permission to proceed with the legal processes of Statutory and Public Consultations.
  3. The Statutory Consultation lasts for 28 days and involves formally consulting with road user groups including: the Emergency Services, Community groups (eg Community Council, Safety Group, Business Group etc), Road Haulage Assoc. Freight Transport Assoc., RAC, national cycling group(s), any local disabled groups + any other group likely to be affected (eg a school if an order was to affect access to a school).
  4. Following the completion of the Statutory Consultation period, the Public Consultation period begins and lasts for 21 days. This involves the placing of advertisements in local newspapers, publicising in Council social media pages as well as, in some cases, the erection of site notices.
  5. Objections must be submitted within the date specified and must state the name and address of the objector, the matter to which it relates and grounds on which it is made.
  6. If no objections are received, at either stage, the proposed measures/Orders can be implemented.
  7. If objections are received and thereafter not resolved by the Roads Service, a report on the outcome of the consultations will be sent to the local Area Committee for the matter to be determined (ie to either uphold the objection and have the offending proposal removed or to proceed with the proposal as submitted) unless the objection is in relation to a stopping-up order. In such a case the matter requires to be referred to Scottish Ministers for determination.
  8. Once the various proposals have been approved, the measures can be installed and the Traffic Orders legally formalised.  

 

The whole process can take anywhere between 5-12 months depending on the number of issues raised, objections received and the time of year (ie the Council tend not to lay thermoplastic lines/text during the winter months as the newly laid material can be severely affected by frost and road salt).

The Public can submit suggestions for possible inclusion in a traffic management review by contacting the relevant local Roads office via the following webpage:  www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/roads/contact-us/ 

What is a Traffic Management Review?

As the title suggests, this is a review of the traffic system operating within a town or village, the results of which may identify the additions required to or the amendment or even the deletion of existing traffic orders. This is not an annual review but one that is carried out as and when deemed necessary.

The types of traffic orders that may be imposed at any time include: 

  • Speed limits
  • Waiting and loading restrictions (eg single and double yellow lines)
  • Weight and Width restrictions
  • Direction restrictions (one way streets)
  • Prohibition of Driving

It should be noted that, if they are no longer required, most road traffic measures can be removed using the same statutory process by which they are imposed. 

In Scotland the responsibility for imposing orders on restricting or regulating the way vehicles are used on the roads belongs to the Scottish Government for trunk roads (eg A90 route between Fraserburgh and Peterhead) and each local authority for the roads in their area. In Aberdeenshire, that responsibility falls to Aberdeenshire Council.

Road traffic measures are brought into force under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and various Statutory Instruments.

Authorities have to follow a prescribed, statutory procedure in making these orders and the following is a rough guide to that procedure:

  1. Informal discussions are held with various groups (eg Police Scotland, Community Councils, local Community Safety and Business Groups, local Councillors and any local Disability Groups) to identify any issues that may have been raised by members or constituents. Appropriate suggestions (ie those pertinent to a traffic management review) are added to those that may have been requested by local Roads officers or directly from members of the Public.
  2. The various issues would then be assessed and measured by Roads staff and a report prepared for submission to the relevant Area Committee for their deliberation and permission to proceed with the legal processes of Statutory and Public Consultations.
  3. The Statutory Consultation lasts for 28 days and involves formally consulting with road user groups including: the Emergency Services, Community groups (eg Community Council, Safety Group, Business Group etc), Road Haulage Assoc. Freight Transport Assoc., RAC, national cycling group(s), any local disabled groups + any other group likely to be affected (eg a school if an order was to affect access to a school).
  4. Following the completion of the Statutory Consultation period, the Public Consultation period begins and lasts for 21 days. This involves the placing of advertisements in local newspapers, publicising in Council social media pages as well as, in some cases, the erection of site notices.
  5. Objections must be submitted within the date specified and must state the name and address of the objector, the matter to which it relates and grounds on which it is made.
  6. If no objections are received, at either stage, the proposed measures/Orders can be implemented.
  7. If objections are received and thereafter not resolved by the Roads Service, a report on the outcome of the consultations will be sent to the local Area Committee for the matter to be determined (ie to either uphold the objection and have the offending proposal removed or to proceed with the proposal as submitted) unless the objection is in relation to a stopping-up order. In such a case the matter requires to be referred to Scottish Ministers for determination.
  8. Once the various proposals have been approved, the measures can be installed and the Traffic Orders legally formalised.  

 

The whole process can take anywhere between 5-12 months depending on the number of issues raised, objections received and the time of year (ie the Council tend not to lay thermoplastic lines/text during the winter months as the newly laid material can be severely affected by frost and road salt).

The Public can submit suggestions for possible inclusion in a traffic management review by contacting the relevant local Roads office via the following webpage:  www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/roads-and-travel/roads/contact-us/