Motions approved by Council

Council Meeting Tuesday 23 February 2016

Proposer: Councillor Adam Smith; Seconder: Councillor Colin Rayner

Resolved Unanimously: That this Council writes to the Minister of State, asking him to scrap this regulation, clarify the law, and delegate to local authorities like Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead the power to put up 30mph repeaters and roundels where they are needed. 

Update: Cllr Colin Rayner wrote to the Secretary of State about 30mp repeater signs and received the following response:

Dear Councillor Rayner,

Thank you for your letter of 11 March to the Secretary of State, about 30mph repeater signs. I am replying as Minister responsible for this issue.

I understand that the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's Councillors have voted to ask for the law to be amended to allow them total discretion in the placing of 30mph signs. however, I should explain that the 30mph terminal sign indicates the speed limit to road users and the method of reminding them, as prescribed in law, is by the presence of street lighting acting as the speed limit repeater. As 30mph limits are mainly set in built up areas, this is a straightforward and economic solution due to the vast amount of streets which have this speed limit.

In the rare situation where there is a 30mph speed limit in an area which has no street lighting, repeater signs are allowed. The legal requirements for complying with speed limits are set out in the Highway Code and it is the responsibility of the road user to ensure that they know and apply the rules.

We have no current plans to amend this legislation, as the existing arrangements are well-understood and appear to be working well. However, I do accept that this will be a disappointing reply for the Council.

Yours sincerely,

Andrew Jones.

Council Meeting Tuesday 15 December 2015

Proposer: Councillor Adam Smith; Seconder: Councillor Simon Dudley

Resolved Unanimously: That this Council Resolves to:

• Update the Open Space Audit, which was last published in 2008, and identify actions for the future;
• Include a feature on the various RBWM-operated open spaces in Around the Royal Borough to raise awareness;
• Continue to market and promote spaces in all parts of the Royal Borough that are open to the public.

Update: Features on open space in Around The Royal Borough and on website New events held in open spaces where appropriate New Playing Pitch Strategy published in 2016, Open Space Strategy due to be commissioned in late 2016

Council Meeting Tuesday 22 September 2015

Proposer: Councillor Richard Kellaway; Seconder: Councillor Colin Rayner.

Resolved Unanimously: that this council recognises the importance to the local economy and environment of the rail branch line to Furze Platt and Cookham, warmly supports the plans to electrify the line as part of the overall electrification of the Western Rail Line and urges the Department for Transport to move ahead with the scheme as soon as practicable.

Update: The council met with Network Rail’s sponsor for the electrification project. He confirmed that the branch line cannot be electrified because the distance between the buffers and poi