Subcouncil resolution details
Subcouncil 7
Agenda item no
07SUB 28/6/2022
Subject
OUTCOME OF APPEAL AGAINST DECISION OF SUBCOUNCIL 7: TRAFFIC CALMING ERVEN 16083 – 16088, No’s. 19 – 29 GILLIAN STREET, EVERSDALE, DURBANVILLE (GENAP 07/05/22)
Meeting date
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Resolution
Noted
Date closed
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Resolution detail
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That the decision taken by the General Appeals Committee at its meeting held on 20 May 2022 on Gillian Street, Eversdal as reflected below BE NOTED, cognizance be taken ito item (C).
“GENAP 07/05/22: APPLICATION FOR TRAFFIC CALMING (TC) IN RESPECT OF ERVEN 16083- 16088, Nos. 19 - 29 GILLIAN STREET, EVERSDAL, DURBANVILLE
RESOLVED WITH 6 VOTES IN FAVOUR that:
(a) the appeal submitted by the appellant, Mr Francois Christo Viljoen, on behalf of the residents in Gillian Street, Eversdal, Durbanville, BE DISMISSED for the following reasons, subject to the condition mentioned in (c) below:
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The road in question is a class 5 residential which is designed to carry local residential traffic,
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The road has the potential to be used as a rat-run for external traffic connecting Durbanville Avenue in the north and Old Oak Road in south,
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The traffic calming policy does not provide support for remedial measures to address rat-running traffic,
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While rat-running traffic is uncomfortable for local residents, this does not necessarily mean that a road is critically unsafe, and therefore further motivation is required in terms of pedestrian activity or accident potential,
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All-way stops are spaced at approximately 250m intervals at strategic locations in the interest of traffic control and traffic safety,
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Motorists ignoring stop controls is a behavioural issue which cannot not be prioritized in the traffic calming policy,
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There are no schools or public facilities which may attract significant volumes of vulnerable pedestrian activity directly into the road and therefore traffic calming cannot be justified in terms of section 7(3) of the traffic calming policy,
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It can be concluded that this is a reasonably low risk environment for vulnerable pedestrians.
(b) the decision taken by Subcouncil 7 on 20 September 2021 to refuse the application for traffic calming between 19 and 29 Gillian Street, Eversdal, Durbanville, BE CONFIRMED
(c) the Ward Councillor, in consultation with the relevant Line Department, continues to monitor the area, revisit the issue of the educational facility in the area and to relook at the situation, in order to re-evaluate for a suitable solution in respect of traffic calming at the respective intersections at a later stage.
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