Issue - decisions

Consideration of whether to end, amend, continue or make permanent the experimental traffic restrictions for Whitby Swing Bridge and adjacent streets

28/01/2022 - Consideration of whether to end, amend, continue or make permanent the experimental traffic restrictions for Whitby Swing Bridge and adjacent streets

i. Acknowledges the outcome of the public consultation to date on the Experimental Scheme;
ii. Approves the proposal to cease and revoke the experimental traffic regulation order (ETRO)
iii. Authorises officers to carry out further design work to identify appropriate alternate options and report back to a future meeting
iv. Notes that any closures of the swing bridge in 2022 would be managed by means of the local highways office’s powers to enact an emergency closure or planned closure on highway safety grounds.