NEW speed limits are to be introduced on Birchwood Park Avenue by Warrington Borough Council due to concerns over entry speeds on roundabouts.
Highway planners have carried out a further review of speed limits along Birchwood Park Avenue in accordance with the Department for Transport’s current speed limit setting guidance.
Recent surveys of the route identified that the average speeds are in keeping with a 40mph speed limit rather than the existing 50mph. Vehicle speeds are also below the National Police Chiefs’ Council enforcement intervention levels so as not to require greater enforcement than presently occurs on the route generated as a result of the proposed speed reduction.
Concern in relation to entry speeds into the roundabout that junctions Daten Avenue and Warrington Road on the route would suggest a benefit from a lower speed limit of 30mph in keeping with the speed limits of the two legs of adjoining Warrington Road.
As a result of the review, the proposals for Birchwood Park Avenue is to revise the speed limits:
Notice is hereby given that the Council proposes to make an Order under Sections 1, 2, 4, 84 and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and of all other enabling powers. The effect of the Order will be as follows:
1. The Order specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Notice is revoked in part to the extent as detailed in Column 2 of the said Schedule.
2. To introduce a 40 miles per hour speed limit on the lengths of road specified in Column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Notice to the extent as detailed in Column 2 of the said Schedule.
3. To introduce a 30 miles per hour speed limit on the length of road specified in Column 1 of Schedule 3 to this Notice to the extent as detailed in Column 2 of the said Schedule.
Deposited documents may be viewed on-line at https://www.warrington.gov.uk/permanent-traffic-regulation-orders or Contact Warrington, 1 Time Square, Warrington, WA1 2NT between 9am & 5pm, Monday to Friday.
All representations both in support or objecting to the proposals must be in writing either by post or delivered by hand to Legal Services, East Annexe, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington, WA1 1UH or emailed with full contact details to [email protected] by 12th October 2023 and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made. Please note that all representations received may be considered in public by the Council and that the substance of any representation together with the name and address of the person making it could become available for public inspection.
SCHEDULE 1 – REVOCATION
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| The Borough of Warrington (A574 Birchwood Way and Birchwood Park Avenue) (50 MPH Speed Limits) Order 2010 | In so far as it relates to the Schedule (50mph Speed Limits) as follows:
A574 Birchwood Park Avenue – From its junction with Birchwood Way to its junction with Garrett Field. A574 Birchwood Park Avenue – From its junction with Garrett Field to its junction with Glover Road. A574 Birchwood Park Avenue – From its junction with Glover Road to its junction with Warrington Road. |
SCHEDULE 2 – 40MPH SPEED LIMIT
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| A574 Birchwood Park Avenue | From its junction with Birchwood Way to its junction with Garrett Field. |
| A574 Birchwood Park Avenue | From its junction with Garrett Field to its junction with Glover Road. |
| A574 Birchwood Park Avenue | From its junction with Glover Road to its junction with Warrington Road. |
SCHEDULE 3 – 30MPH SPEED LIMIT
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| A574 Birchwood Park Avenue (Roundabout) | Extents of the roundabout junction with Daten Avenue and Warrington Road. |
2 Comments
Wouldn’t a map make this clearer?
Unfortunately, the map supplied by the council has a strict crown OS © attached to it which puts us at risk of breaching copyright. We have asked the council if there is a way around this.