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Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987: Amendment: Law Drafting Instructions

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A decision made on 7 April 2021

Decision Reference:    MD-T-2021-0025

Decision Summary Title :

Amendment to Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987

Date of Decision Summary:

29 March 2021

Decision Summary Author:

Assistant Manager Parking Control

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

N/A

Written Report

Title :

Amendment to Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987

Date of Written Report:

29 March 2021

Written Report Author:

Assistant Manager Parking Control

Written Report :

Public or Exempt?

Public

Subject:  Amendment to Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987

Decision(s): The Minister agreed to amend the Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987

Reason(s) for Decision: To incorporate changes to areas of traffic restrictions, prohibition and parking areas.

 

Resource Implications: Law Drafting. Infrastructure, Housing and Environment officer time.

 

Action Required: Officers to instruct the Principal Legislative Drafter to prepare the Amendment for presentation to the Minister.

 

Signature:

 

 

Position:

Minister for Infrastructure

 

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

 

Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987: Amendment: Law Drafting Instructions

 

INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT

 

AMENDMENT TO ROAD TRAFFIC (ST. CLEMENT) (JERSEY) ORDER 1987

 

 

Purpose of the Report

 

To amend the Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987.

 

 

Background

 

A request has been received from the Connétable of St. Clement to make some changes to the Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987 to include 6 foot 6 inch width restrictions and new prohibition of waiting.

 

The Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987 is administered by Infrastructure, Housing and Environment.

 

 

Discussion

 

The Connétable of St. Clement has requested that La Rue de La Houguette and La Rue du Prince have a restriction for all vehicles exceeding 6 feet 6 inches in width as the road is unsuitable for these larger vehicles.

  • Add an Article covering the Driving and Stationing of certain vehicles to enable the restriction for vehicles with an overall width exceeding 6 foot 6 inches from being driven on Scheduled roads
  • Add a new Schedule to include roads on which vehicles with an overall width which exceeds 6 foot 6 inches are prohibited from being driven and include “La Rue de La Houguette” and “La Rue du Prince”.

 

The Connétable has requested the addition of three new areas of prohibition of waiting on La Rue de La Croix.

  • Add to Schedule 2 – Prohibition of Waiting before the entry for La Rue au Blancq a new entry for La Rue de la Croix “South side (from a point 28 yards west of La Rue du Pontlietaut to a point 11 yards further west)”
  • Add to Schedule 2 a further entry for La Rue de la Croix “South side (between a point 46 yards west of La Rue de Pontlietaut to a point 19 yards further west)”
  • Add to Schedule 2 a further entry for La Rue de la Croix “South side (between a point 120 yards west of La Rue du Pontlietaut to a point 10 yards further west)”

 

The existing prohibition line on La Grève d’Azette has been extended to a point east of the junction with Green Road and this requires amending in the Order to reflect this.

 

La Grève d’Azette

  • Amend the current entry (c) in Schedule 2 – Prohibition of waiting from the current “south side from a point 44 yards west of the eastern boundary of the property known as “Maison Victor Apartments” to the boundary of the Parish of St. Saviour” to read “south side from the boundary of the parish of St. Saviour to a point 20 yards east of the junction with Green Road”;
  • Amend the entry in Schedule 3 – Parking discs from the current “south side, from a point 16 yards east of its junction with Green Road to a point 44 yards further east” to read “south side from a point 20 yards east of its junction with Green Road to a point 26 yards further east”.

 

 

Conclusion

 

The addition of the requested prohibition of waiting areas above will allow the Parish to police parking there.

 

 

Recommendations

 

The Minister is recommended to instruct Officers to issue Law Drafting instructions to amend the Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987.

 

 

Reason(s) for Decisions

 

To amend the Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987.

 

 

Resource Implications

 

Law Drafting. Infrastructure, Housing and Environment - officer time.

 

 

Action Required

 

Officers to instruct the Principal Legislative Drafter to prepare the necessary Amendment to the Road Traffic (St. Clement) (Jersey) Order 1987 for subsequent submission to the Minister.

 

 

 

 

Written by:  Assistant Manager – Parking Control

 

Approved by:  Head of Transport, Highways and Infrastructure

 

Attachments:  Appendices 1 and 2

 

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