| TABLE A: Hungerford Transport Improvements Reliant on West Berks: Progress Report: Jan 2012: DRAFT | ||||||||
| Ref No | Scheme / Project | Progress to date | Next action (s) | Funds Agreed | Programmed | In Town Plan? | Parish Bid 2007? | Comments |
| 1 | Pedestrian Bridge Across the Canal | Designed and ready to build | Being Built !!!! | Yes | Complete by Feb 2012 | Yes (Tr1) | Yes | FANTASTIC PROGRESS !!!! |
| 2 | Parking spaces at Station Road | Plans forwarded to Cllr Holtby | Await response from Cllr Holtby and WBC (Parking dept) | Little cost & potential income for WBC | No | No | No | Unless these spaces are transferred for the community then 6 potential car parking spaces will be lost near to the rail station. Probably lost the opportunity. |
| 3 | Tarrants Hill/ Priory Place | HTC requested this be looked at | Consult with residents & schools and survey. Depending on outcome send to WBC | No | No | No | No | Requested by Cllr Booth. WBC not consider an accident problem? |
| 4 | Brown Tourist Signs | Met with WBC | Await response from WBC | No | No | Yes | Could be | Need to progress with CC |
| 5 | Welcome to Hungerford & River Kennet Signs | Met with WBC | HTT to consider WBC scheme | No | No | Yes | Could be | J George interested in helping, and slogan to be asked on Town Plan questionnaire |
| 6 | Zebra Crossing on Bridge Street | Survey done suggesting existing demand not enough | HTC would like to see it going in with bridge completion | Should be as part of bridge | No | Demand will change after bridge and important that introduced with it, | ||
| 7 | Resurfacing of roads - Including Church Way | HTC requested this be looked at | Some in 3 year plan. Awaiting dates | No | High Street to be done next year. Church Way in 3 yr plan. Hillside rd will have some repairs next year.Priory Road was resurfaced Feb11 | |||
| 8 | Diversion through Charnham Park | HTC proposal | Evidence of need and effect on trade required. | Yes | ||||
| 9 | A4 Approach from Newbury in both directions: HTC request that speed reduction measures to include: 1) staged reduction in speed from so section of 50mph and section of 40mph: 2) gateway features; 3) 30mph repeater signs in both directions; 4) Speed activated sign near to lay-by | HTC proposal and many requests to WBC | WBC to produce a scheme | HTC can part fund | Yes | |||
| 10 | A338 Approach from north: Good gateway, but the change from 50mph to 30mph catches people out, so a 40mph sign about 100m north would help to slow traffic in advance | Recent HTC request | WBC to consider | Yes | ||||
| 11 | Introduce speed reactive signs on the remaining 3 approaches to town: A4 from Newbury & Marlborough, A338 Salisbury Rd (also part of Newbury approach identified above) | None, HTC done parish bid & been a long term request | Andy Garrett responded and will carry out surveys. | Yes as special project | Yes (Tr5a) | Yes | A338 Salisbury Road from the south, A4 from east & A4 from west. | |
| 12 | Junction of Kennet Way/ Charham Park: Visibility restricted on the west by cars parking. Dangerous and recommend extend no parking by 20m | Recent HTC request | WBC to consider | No | ||||
| 13 | Charnham Park: Change to 30mph (related to above issues) | Recent HTC request | WBC to consider | No | ||||
| TABLE B: Hungerford Transport Improvements Reliant on Others than only West Berks: Progress Report: Jan 2012: DRAFT | ||||||||
| Ref No | Scheme / Project | Progress to date | Next action (s) | Funds Agreed | Programmed | In 2010+? | Parish Bid 2007? | Comments |
| 1 | Upgrade the rail station to include a booking office | HTC letter to First Great Western supporting MP's campaign. Also met with WBC planners for an Action Area Plan. | Unclear what can be done. FGW? What happened to the friends of the station? Action Area for station area? | Not known | No | Yes (Tr14a) | Yes | Potential to improve as the wider station area so better gateway to the town. |
| 2 | Improved road safety around JOG School | None, HTC done parish bid. | 1) JOG to produce travel plan 2) RH to assisted Roger Ballard 3) When travel plan get improvements | No | Not known | Yes (Tr4b) | Yes | Would like 20mph zone. An access & security scheme around the school and school frontage is being introduced and would be a good idea to link this in with safer routes proposals. |
| 3 | 20 mph zone at Primary School | Added recently again | approach WBC | No | Not known | Yes | No | Primary school keen to have this |
| 4 | Bus Layover area | Little | To discuss option for buses to have a place to wait other than outside the town hall | No | Minibus usually waits on turning area outside Town hall, but CEOs move them on. Need better place anyway? | |||
| 5 | Coach parking in town centre | Searched high a low, and have spaces at Charnham Park, but still distant from Town Centre | Think again | No | Yes | Probably only place is at the rail station area | ||