Decision details

RESOLVED that:

(i)         The petition which asked the Council to put an end to the Infrastructure problem on The Mall, Harrow (HA3 9TG) be noted;

(ii)        The long term nature of the drainage problem and the work being done with other agencies to solve the problem, be noted;

(iii)       The affordable solution proposed in the report to alleviate the vibration via the joints of the road being treated along the full length of The Mall and localised areas of reconstruction being carried out on the 15% of the road not deemed to be in ‘good’ condition, be approved. It was noted that the total approximate cost for this solution would be £80,000 and that the proposed scheme would be put forward for approval at Cabinet as part of the Highways Capital Maintenance Programme for 2018/19;

(iv)       Traffic speed surveys along The Mall to ascertain whether average speeds were consistent with the speed limit, be authorised. It was noted that should a speeding issue be identified, appropriate low cost remedial measures such as additional warning signs of SLOW carriageway markings, would be considered in the shorter term, and that these measures would be undertaken within existing budgets; and

(v)        Jonathan Westell (the Council’s Highway Contracts and Delivery Manager) would provide Councillor Colwill with details of the Ground Penetrating Radar Survey which had been completed on one section of The Mall, and provide information on the action that the Highways department took in response to the survey’s findings.