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Road Closures and Bus Service Amendments: Parish of St. Helier: Street Party: 18 & 19 July 2015

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A decision made 20 April 2015:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2015-0024

Decision Summary Title :

Parish of St Helier Application for Entertainment on Public Roads During St Helier Street Party

Date of Decision Summary:

02 April 2015

Decision Summary Author:

 

Technical Assistant

Traffic and Infrastructure

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Parish of St Helier Application for Entertainment on Public Roads During St Helier Street Party

Date of Written Report:

02 April 2015

Written Report Author:

Technical Assistant

Traffic and Infrastructure

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

 

Public

Subject:  Parish of St Helier Application for Entertainment on Public Roads During St Helier Street Party

 

Decision(s): The Minister approved the road closures and changes to the bus service for the Parish of St Helier to hold a Street Party.

 

Reason(s) for Decision: The Minister approved the proposed road closures and associated traffic management to be enabled under the Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956: Article 67 (4) and (5) - Temporary traffic restrictions, which enables the Connétable to restrict or prohibit the use of a road (including a main road) to vehicles if an event is occurring in the ‘vicinity’ of the road, without the need for an Order.

 

Resource Implications: None

 

Action Required: To forward a copy of the ministerial decision to the Parish of St Helier.

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Transport and Technical Services

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

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Road Closures and Bus Service Amendments: Parish of St. Helier: Street Party: 18 & 19 July 2015

TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

 

PARISH OF ST HELIER APPLICATION FOR ENTERTAINMENT ON PUBLIC ROADS

 

DURING ST HELIER STREET PARTY 2015

 

 

Purpose of the Report

 

To obtain a Ministerial Decision regarding approval of road closures and changes to the bus service for the purpose of the Parish of St Helier “Street Party” on Saturday 18 July and Sunday 19 July.

 

 

Background

 

The Promoter, The Parish of St Helier, has submitted for the third year details of proposed road closures and traffic restrictions for the St Helier Street Party. The format of the event is as per last year.

 

It is proposed that the event be enabled under Connétables powers (‘Road Traffic (Jersey) Law 1956: Article 67 (4) & (5) - Temporary traffic restrictions’), however, as it is TTS roads that are affected by the event the the Minister’s endorsement is required.

 

The Promoter has consulted and is co-ordinating with the Emergency Services, TTS Parking Control, Liberty Bus and the Taxi Drivers Association. The Promoter holds a public liability insurance policy of £5 million for this event.

 

 

Discussion

 

The ‘Fete de St Helier’ Committee is to celebrate ‘St Helier day’ by holding a week of celebrations. As part of these celebrations the Committee is holding a Street Party over two days on roads around St Helier’s centre. The event will involve the closure of the southern end of The Parade, through York Street to the junction of Conway Street and Broad Street. The event will consist of stalls set up on the highway which will be leased from the promoter. These stalls will provide extra retail space for town traders and traders across the island. The stalls will be a mix of crafts, retail, food and drink.

 

 

Road Closure

 

To facilitate the set-up and clear up of the event, roads will close from the night before until the morning after the event finishes. Therefore, the following proposed road closures (see Map 1) are between 6pm Friday 17 July and 6am Monday 20 July:

 

The Parade - West (from Gloucester Street to York St), The Parade – East, York Street, Charing Cross, Broad Street.

 

Further traffic restrictions will be in place on Seale Street behind the Parish Hall to prevent general access whiles allowing access to residents only.

 

Lempriere Street and Cannon Street will be reversed to allow access for residents.

 

Traffic wishing to access Union Street from Cheapside will be diverted onto Upper Gloucester Street, Cannon Street, and Devonshire Lane.

 

Traffic will be unable to access Union Street and Dumaresq Street from Charing Cross / Broad Street so will be diverted at Conway Street via the Esplanade, West Park and Cheapside and the ring road

 

Emergency access will be maintained throughout the event with a sufficient lane width between the stalls being established.

 

 

Car Parks

 

Parking along The Parade (from Gloucester Street to York Street), York Street and Broad Street will be suspended along with parking on the eastern side of The Parade. Sand Street car park will remain open throughout the event and will be accessible from Castle Street and Seaton Place.

 

 

Buses

 

The only bus routes to be affected will be the outbound leg of Route 25 which will be diverted via the Esplanade, West Park and Le Route de St Aubin. The diversion will not have a great effect to the bus service due to reduced services on a Sunday.

 

 

Resources

 

None

 

 

Recommendation

 

The Minister is recommended to approve the road closures and changes to the bus service for the Parish of St Helier Street Party.

 

Action Required

 

Technical Assistant to forward a copy of the Ministerial Decision to the Parish of St Helier.

 

 

 

Written by:

Technical Assistant.

 

 

Approved by: 

 Director, Engineering and Infrastructure

 

 

Attachments:

Map

 

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