Agenda item

            The Committee considered the following report:

 

“1.0     Purpose of Report or Summary of main Issues

 

1.1       Members will be aware that Council made £700,000 available from the Capital Programme to install alleygates across the city (Phase 4 Alleygates).

 

1.2       Phase 4 has been divided into 3 sub-phases to accommodate the different stages of Elected Member decision making across the city as well as a range of technical and legal issues, primarily associated with the replacement of community gates. Phase 4(a) was completed in March 2008 and the Road Traffic Order for Phase 4(b) is included in this report for Members consideration.

 

1.3       Members will be aware that the legislative authority for introducing gating Orders transferred to local Councils through the commencement of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 on 4th May 2011.

 

1.4       The 2011 Act inserts new Part 6A (Articles 69A to 69E) into the 1993 Order. These new provisions allow action to be taken quickly, easily and with a degree of flexibility not previously available. District councils are now able to make, vary or revoke gating orders in respect of relevant roads (as defined in Article 69A(5) of the 1993 Order) affected by crime or ASB within their area, permitting a gate to be installed at each end of the road.

 

1.5       The orders are an effective way of enabling councils to restrict public access to any relevant road by gating it (at certain times of the day if applicable), without removing its underlying road status.

 

            Councils however still require the approval of the Transport NI (‘DRD’) to:

 

a)     make a gating order; or

b)     vary a gating order so as to further restrict any public right of way over the road to which the order relates.

 

1.6       The required statutory and community consultation has been undertaken and the purpose of this report is to seek formal approval from Committee to make the Traffic Regulation Orders enabling these gates to be installed.

 

2.0       Recommendations

 

2.1       The Committee is asked to recommend to Council that a resolution is passed to make the Belfast City Council Traffic Regulation Orders 2018 for Phase 4(b) for the locations as set out in Schedule 1.

 

3.0       Main report

 

3.1       The pre-consultation exercise with affected residents and Statutory bodies / service suppliers has been completed and the Notice of Intention (formal consultation stage) was advertised on Friday 2nd March.

 

3.2       No formal objections to the Traffic Regulation Orders were received.

 

3.3       Legal Services have recommended that alleygating can proceed at all locations, as Council can be satisfied the requirements of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environments Act (2011) have been met in establishing that this area is affected by crime and anti-social behaviour.

 

3.4       Manufacture of the gates included in this Traffic Regulation Order will take place in May / June 2018 with installation commencing in summer 2018.

 

3.5       Ongoing work is taking place to commence the consultation for the remaining and final proposed gate locations approved by Council in 2018 as part of Phase 4 Alleygates.

 

3.6       A further Traffic Regulation Order is planned for autumn 2018 to include those final gates remaining to complete Phase 4.

 

3.7       Members should be aware that the level of response to the pre-consultation exercise was generally at a low level and also that the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act (NI) 2011 requires that sufficient evidence of crime and anti-social behaviour should be established before alleygating can proceed.

 

3.8       Legal Services have therefore recommended further engagement (post Phase 4) with Members on the process by which areas/locations are selected for alleygating.

 

3.9       Financial and Resource Implications

 

            There are no specific financial implications associated with the enactment of this Traffic Regulation Order.

 

3.10     Equality or Good Relations Implications

 

            No Equality or Good Relations implications have been identified; however, this is being monitored on an ongoing basis.”

 

Schedule I

 

Affected Roads

 

·        To the rear of 2-48 Locan Street, 1-45 Amcomri Street and 36-46 Beechmount Avenue and to the side of 2 Locan Street and 1 Amcomri Street

·        To the rear of 50-98 Locan Street and 47-97 Amcomri Street

·        To the rear of 2-46 Amcomri Street, 1-47 Clowney Street and 22-34 Beechmount Avenue and to the side of 2 Amcomri Street and 1 Clowney Street

·        To the rear of 48-98 Amcomri Street and 49-93 Clowney Street

·        To the rear of 2-50 Clowney Street, 1-49 Beechmount Parade and 10-20 Beechmount Avenue and to the side of 2 Clowney Street and 1 Beechmount Parade

·        To the rear of 52-100 Clowney Street and 51-99 Beechmount Parade

·        To the rear of 2A-58 Beechmount Parade and 1-53 Beechmount Drive

·        To the rear of 60-108 Beechmount Parade

·        To the rear of 1-5 Iveagh Crescent and 2-26 Iveagh Street

·        To the rear of 7-39 Iveagh Crescent and 28-60 Iveagh Street

·        To the rear of 41-67 Iveagh Crescent and 62-94 Iveagh Street

·        To the rear of 2-40 Fallswater Drive, 1-37 Iveagh Drive and 240-250 Falls Road and to the side of 2 Fallswater Drive and 1 Iveagh Drive

·        To the rear of 2-40 Iveagh Drive, 1-45 Iveagh Parade and 228-238 Falls Road and to the side of 2 Iveagh Drive and 1 Iveagh Parade

·        To the rear of 218-226 Falls Road, 2-44 Iveagh Parade and 1-55 Fallswater Street and to the side of 2 Iveagh Parade and 2 Fallswater Street

·        To the rear of 216 Falls Road, 2-42 Fallswater Street and 3-47 Nansen Street and to the side of 3 Nansen Street

·        To the rear of 200-214 Falls Road, 2-60 Nansen Street and 5-63 Broadway and to the side of 2 Nansen Street and 3 and 5 Broadway

·        To the rear of 4-22 Beechview Park, 447-465 Falls Road and 1-69 Rockdale Street and to the side of 4 Beechview Park and 1 Rockdale Street

·        To the rear of 2A-54 Rockdale Street, 1-55 Rockville Street and 467-477 Falls Road and to the side of 2A Rockdale Street and 1, 35 and 37 Rockville Street

·        To the rear of 2-64 Rockville Street, 1-67 Rockmore Road and 479-489 Falls Road and to the side of 2 Rockville Street and 1A, 1 and 67 Rockmore Road

·        To the rear of 6-70 Rockmore Road, 3-57 Rockmount Street and 491-501 Falls Road and to the side of 3 and 57 Rockmount Street

·        To the rear of 2-54 Rodney Parade and to the side of 2 and 54 Rodney Parade

·        To the rear of 1-27 Rodney Parade, 1-59 Rodney Drive and 2-30 St James’s Crescent and to the side of 1 Rodney Parade, 1 and 59 Rodney Drive

·        To the rear of 11-79 St Katharine Road and to the side of 11, 39, 41 and 79 St Katharine Road

·        To the rear of 1A-21 St James’s Parade and 2-6 St James’s Road and to the side of 1A, 1 and 21 St James’s Parade

·        To the rear of 1-23 Hugo Street and 438-442 Falls Road and to the side of 1 Hugo Street

·        To the rear of 2-24 Hugo Street, 1-29 Clondara Street and 426-436 Falls Road and to the side of 2 Hugo Street and 1 Clondara Street

·        To the rear of 2-38 Clondara Street and 416-424 Falls Road and to the side of 2 Clondara Street

·        To the rear of 1 - 11 Inver Avenue, 2 - 40 Victoria Gardens, 179 - 205 Cavehill Road, and 2a - 4 Charnwood Avenue, and to the side of 2 and 40 Victoria Gardens

·        To the rear of 13 - 17 Inver Avenue, 1 - 39 Victoria Gardens, 6 - 8 Charnwood Avenue, and 50 - 70 Salisbury Avenue, and to the side of 8 Charnwood Avenue and 17 Inver Avenue

·        To the rear of 3 - 5 Skegoneill Avenue, 24 - 52 Glantane Drive, 2 - 6 Glandore Gardens, 535 - 549 Antrim Road, and to the side of 2 Glandore Gardens, and 52 and 54 Glantane Drive

·        To the rear of 1-17 Cliftonville Street and 119-123 Cliftonville Road and to the side of 1 Cliftonville Street

·        To the rear of 278-294 Limestone Road and the side of 34 Oceanic Avenue

·        To the side of 2,18 and 19 Jamaica Road and the side of 25 Havana Gardens

·        To the rear of 2-18 Jamaica Way and to the side of 2 Jamaica Way

·        To the rear of 2-40 and to the side of 2 and 40 Clifton Crescent and to the rear of 1-45 and the side of 1 and 45 Manor Street and to the rear of 1-3 and to the side of 3 Harcourt Drive and to the rear of 66-76 Cliftonville Road.

·        To the rear of 4-54 and side of 2 and 4 and Manor Street.

·        To the rear of 2-16 Glasgow Street and 2-18 Ritchie Street and 6-10 and 5-9 Grove Court and to the side of 2, 12 and 14 Ritchie Street and 16 Glasgow Street.

·        To the rear of 22 - 40 River Terrace and to the rear of 19 - 31 Cooke Court

·        To the rear of 14 - 20 River Terrace and to the rear of 13 - 17 Cooke Court

·        To the side of 9 Raby Street and 10 Jameson Street, and to the rear of 312 - 320 Ormeau Road, 9 - 71 Raby Street, and 10 - 74 Jameson Street, and to the side of 61 and 63 Raby Street

·        To the rear of 9 - 15 Capstone Street, 1 - 67 Moonstone Street, 12 - 16 Mowhan Street, and to the side of 1, 45, 47, and 67 Moonstone Street

·        To the rear of 1 - 19 Mowhan Street, 2a - 28 Charleville Avenue, and 597 - 605 Lisburn Road, and to the side of 1 and 19 Mowhan Street and 28 Charleville Avenue

·        To the rear of 2A-58 Rosebank Street and 1A-55 Columbia Street

·        To the rear of 2-36 and the side of 2 Carrington Street and to the rear of 1-31 Park Parade and 133-143 Ravenhill Road

·        To the rear of 145-173 University Street, 1-47 Fitzroy Avenue and 137-147 Ormeau Road

·        To the rear of 1-35 and to the side of 7 and 9 Harper Street and to the rear and side of 1 Edgar Street and to the rear of 92-120 Madrid Street

·        To the rear of 9-23 Lisbon Street and to the rear of 2 Madrid Street and to the side of 4 Madrid Street and to the rear of 1-13 Madrid Court and the side of 9 and 11 Madrid Court

 

            The Committee recommended to Council that it pass a resolution to make the Belfast City Council Traffic Regulation Orders 2018 for Phase 4(b) for the locations as set out above.