A1306 New Road by Wennington Road Collisions Reduction Scheme - Proposed safety improvements

Overview

A1306 New Road by Wennington Road Collisions Reduction Scheme - Proposed safety improvements

Havering Council is looking for your views on a proposed safety improvement scheme for the A1306 New Road by Wennington Road.

It follows a feasibility study that was carried out and found that up to 1,700 vehicles per hour use A1306 New Road with speeds of up to 60 mph regularly recorded along A1306 New Road by Wennington Road.  Further analysis of collision records showed that there have been a total of nine personal injury accidents (PIAs) recorded along A1306 New Road between Lambs Lane and Sandy Lane.

Of these nine PIAs, one was fatal; two occurred in wet conditions and one occurred during the hours of darkness.

With funding being provided by the Mayor of London’s Transport for London office (TfL), we can now look at a proposed scheme including the following:

• Install a centre island along A1306 between Wennington Road and Sandy Lane.
• Install rumble strips along A1306 New Road, north and south of Wennington Road.
• Install 40mph vehicle activated signs along A1306 New Road, north and south of Wennington Road.
• Install double yellow lines along A1306 New Road, just north and south of Wennington Road, part of Wennington Road and hotel access road.
• Existing slippery hazard sign to be removed along A1306 New Road just south of Wennington Road.
• Existing ULEZ sign to be relocated to reduce clutter to avoid confusion.
• Existing tree branches to be pruned to improve direction sign visibility along A1306 New Road opposite to Wennington Road.

Large scale plans can also be seen on the Council’s website - https://consultation.havering.gov.uk/highways

Your comments on the proposals would be welcomed and should be sent in writing via email to:  Your comments on the proposals would be welcomed and should be sent in writing via email to schemes@havering.gov.uk quoting reference QX008 to be received by Friday 10 January 2025.

Please note we are unable to answer individual points raised at this stage, however your comments will be noted and taken into consideration when presenting the final report to the Council’s Lead Member for Environment.  Any issues will be addressed at that time.

All comments received are open to public inspection and the report will be made public.