twenty is plenty

The Montreal Avenue - King George Avenue 20mph zone in Chapel

Allerton

Some suggestions for improvements

Road signs - Diagram 674• The signs used in this

zone are to diagram 674, each with a child’s design below the statutory part of the sign

• This causes the statutory part to be too high and difficult to read – compare front and rear of sign at bottom of Gledhow Park Drive

Poor location of signs -1

• Some of the signs are difficult to read from a moving vehicle because of their location - for instance . . .

• Montreal Avenue and Church Lane from Harrogate Road

Montreal Ave/Church Lane (1)

Montreal Ave / Church Lane (2)

Gledhow Lane from Gledhow Valley Road

King George Ave - when turning into KGA southbound from Harrogate Road (right hand photo), it is

virtually impossible to see the signs

Woodland Lane – there is a lot of “clutter” around the right hand sign, making it difficult to read

Gledhow Park Drive from Gledhow Valley Road

Gledhow Park Road from Gledhow Valley Road

Signs in other locations (1)

• The 20mph home zone in “the Methleys” is extremely well signposted and for the whole zone the 20mph limit is self-enforcing

Signs in other locations (2)

• In the village of Burley Woodhead there is a very “self-enforcing” 20mph zone – entry signs are clear, easily seen, unambiguous

• The traffic calming measures are simple and effective

TSGD 2002 – “the law of the land”

• Speed limits of 20 mph

• 16. - (1) The sign shown in diagram 674 may only be placed on a road if no point on any road (not being a cul-de-sac less than 80 metres long), to which the speed limit indicated by the sign applies, is situated more than 50 metres from a traffic calming feature.

Spacing of Traffic Calming Measures (1)

• King George Avenue, from Gledhow Lane roundabout southbound = 44 metres to first TCM, then 104 metres to next, then 78 metres, then 125 metres and 115 metres to exit sign at traffic lights

• The spacing of the TCM’s at the southern end of KGA do not meet the requirements of TSGD 2002, but the situation is better further up this road

Spacing of Traffic Calming Measures (2)

• Gledhow Lane from GVR to Allerton Park = 495 metres, no TCM’s

• Gledhow Park Drive (east part)

from GVR to cushion at 5-way roundabout = 195 metres, no TCM’s

• Gledhow Park Drive (west part)

from King George Ave = 91 metres to first TCM,

then 145 metres to next TCM, and 154 metres to cushion at 5-way roundabout

Spacing of Traffic Calming Measures (3)

• Gledhow Park Avenuefrom speed cushion near 5-way roundabout =112 metres to first TCM, then 374 metres with no TCM’s

• Gledhow Park Grovewhole length = 370 metres with no TCM’s

• Roxholme Grove from Harehills Lane to Gledhow Park Avenue = 260 metres with no TCM’s

Spacing of Traffic Calming Measures (4)

• Woodland Lane, from TCM near Gledhow Lane, = 182 metres to junction with Regent Street, then a further 88 metres to next TCM near park, then 141 metres to TCM near Short Lane, then 116 metres to signs at zone entrance at Harrogate Road

• Regent Street, from junction with Woodland Lane to exit on to Harrogate Road = 133 metres

Other roads in the zone without any TCM’s at all

• Allerton Park• Pasture Avenue• Pasture Lane

• Norfolk Gardens• Northbrook Street• Victoria Street

• Well Lane• Hawthorn Road• Church Lane

• Dominion Avenue• Alberta Avenue• Hillside Road

SUMMARY

• 20mph zones should be self-enforcing• The signage at all the entrances to the zone

should be clear and easily visible, so that drivers know what the applicable limit is

• The traffic calming measures within the zone must be adequate to ensure the speed limit is observed

• This scheme does not meet these requirements and is therefore illegal