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Report to:
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Lead Member for
Transport and Environment
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Date of
meeting:
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25 May 2022
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By:
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Director of
Communities, Economy and Transport
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Title:
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Camber Road, Rother
– Experimental Traffic Regulation Order
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Purpose:
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To seek approval to
advertise an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order to introduce No
Waiting At Anytime parking restrictions on Camber Road, Camber. To
assist with traffic flow and access to the village by deterring
parking on verges.
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
The
Lead Member is recommended to authorise the making of an
Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) to allow a No Waiting
At Anytime parking restriction to be introduced on Camber
Road.
1
Background Information
1.1.
Camber village is a small popular beach destination within Rother
District. The only road link to the village is the Camber Road
which runs from the A259 to the entrance to the village. When Civil
Parking Enforcement (CPE) was introduced in September 2020 all
current on street restrictions were formalised. At that time there
were no parking restrictions on the Camber Road north from the
village to the A259.
1.2.
As well as the popular beach within Camber there are number of
residential properties and business including holiday parks,
restaurants, cafes, bars, water sports centres.
1.3.
There are four main car parks within Camber with approximately 2530
spaces, this along with some limited amount of on street parking is
usually sufficient for normal levels of visitors to Camber. During
the summer and particularly during school holidays and bank
holidays, the number of visitors often exceeds the available
parking spaces. As a result, visitors will often park with little
regard for maintaining traffic flow on the Camber Road, often using
the verges to park.
1.4.
On days with significant visitor numbers congestion can extend
through the village along the Camber Road north to the A259 in both
directions. This has a direct effect on emergency vehicles
accessing the village. When vehicles park on the verges along
Camber Road there is no available space for vehicles to manoeuvre
and allow the emergency vehicles through.
1.5.
Measures to alleviate the congestion have been considered in the
past before CPE was introduced. Rother district council
commissioned a traffic management report in 2017 and a number of
recommendations were made and introduced by Rother District
Council. We have also considered introducing a clearway for this
section of highway, but a clearway restriction would only affect
the carriageway and not the extent of the verges.
1.6.
It is proposed to introduce No Waiting At Anytime restrictions
along the Camber Road. This would mean double yellow lines starting
approximately 2500 metres from the A259 for a distance of 1500
metres south to Lydd Road at the entrance of Camber village. A map
of the proposed section of road is shown at Appendix 1. Double
yellow lines apply from the centre of the carriage way to the
extent of the highway, this would include the verge. Vehicles
parked on the carriageway or verge will be liable for a Penalty
Charge Notice (PCN) to be issued. Although normal exceptions will
apply for disabled badge holders and loading and unloading.
1.7.
The cost for advertising and installing the No Waiting At Anytime
double yellow lines will be approximately £6500 and will be
met from the parking budget.
2.
Supporting
Information
2.1.
2.1.
The South East Coast Ambulance Service has stated that on days when
there are significant visitor numbers, congestion has caused
difficulties in achieving timely responses for ambulances attending
the village. The South East Coast Ambulance Service, Sussex Police,
Rother District Council, Camber Parish Council and East Sussex
Highways have been contacted and are in support of the
proposal.
2.2.
If approved, the yellow lines will be installed at the beginning of
June 2022, with the ETRO sealed after completion. The Traffic Order
will then be advertised in local press and notices placed on site,
with the restriction coming into force at the end of June 2022. The
consultation will be live on the East Sussex County Council
Consultation Hub to allow comments to be made for six months. These
will be reviewed and assessed to establish if any changes are
needed.
2.3.
It should be noted that a ETRO can stay in force for a maximum of
18 months while the effects are monitored and assessed.
Objections should be made during the first six months of the
experimental period. If changes are made, a further six months are
allowed for objection from the date such changes come into
operation. A decision on whether any changes as part of the
ETRO will be removed or made permanent must be made within 18
months of the Order coming into force.
3.
Conclusion and
Reasons for Recommendations
3.1.
3.1.
A No Waiting At Anytime restriction along the Camber Road may
discourage vehicles from parking in areas that restrict the width
of the carriageway, hindering traffic flow and stopping vehicles
from manoeuvring out of the way of oncoming emergency service
vehicles attending incidents. Introducing the restriction under an
ETRO will enable the necessary parking restrictions to be monitored
and reviewed before a decision is made as to whether they should be
made permanent, with or without modifications, or revoked. It is
therefore recommended that approval be given for the ETRO required
to introduce the parking restrictions initially on an experimental
basis.
Director of Communities, Economy
and Transport
Contact Officer:
Daniel Clarke
Tel. No. 01323
464057
Email: daniel.clarke@eastsussex.gov.uk
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