Monday 07 September 2015
Media Enquiry from Guernsey Press:
Can those decisions please be released, along with an explanation of why they were made, alternatives that were discussed and dismissed.
What is the timeframe for these changes being made?
Will this be the 'permanent solution'? Or will it change again when the next cruise season is in?
Can the report from the UK traffic engineers be released? If not, why not and when will it be released?
How much money has been spent on the alterations - changing it from how it was and to what is there now - in total.
Environment Department Response:
It is the Environment Department's understanding that the outcomes of the Chief Minister working party will be released by the working group shortly.
The report from the UK traffic engineers is now available online at www.gov.gg/traveltraffictransport
The Department is awaiting accounts from the various contractors involved with the changes to revert to two southbound lanes and to remove the blister paving, so it cannot give a final figure at this time. However, the total costs of putting in the trial arrangements and now reverting back to two lanes as a short term measure pending a longer term solution will be in the order of £20,000.
The Department has adopted the recommendation in the Ove Arup report, that it would be beneficial to install 3 white caution/rumble strips in advance of the crossing point to make motorists aware of their speed. These strips are in place in a number of other locations around the Island to raise driver awareness on approach, for example, to a filter or on entrance to a shared part of a cycle path etc.
Contact Information:
Colin Le Page, Principal Traffic Officer (Strategy and Projects)
Environment Department
Tel: 243400
