Date received: 17 June 2025
Signatures received: 26
Name of petitioners: Mr Kelly and Mr Watson
Dear Mr Kelly
I am so sorry for the delay in responding directly to your recent correspondence requesting a short section of Fazeley Road is turned into a one-way route. The delay is because of extremely significant workloads my team and I are presently dealing with. I note your correspondence contained signatures of support from neighbouring residents also, which I am grateful to you for including. I am contacting you on the understanding that you act as spokesperson for the immediate community on this issue, though please feel free to forward my email to your neighbours if necessary.
A number of enquiries have been made through Staffordshire County Council’s dedicated ‘Report It’ system, thank you for doing this as it is really is the most appropriate and efficient way of raising highway concerns with Staffordshire County Council. You will likely be aware already that responses to several enquiries have now been provided through our digital portal, with your enquiry reference (4443707) being included in those responses. I hope the answers provided are self-explanatory in terms of our next steps, but if you should have any further queries, please feel free to contact me directly.
In the meantime details of how we use objective data to make informed decisions about road safety improvements, as well as information on how these are funded, are available on our website Further answers to frequently asked questions are also available here: Traffic calming - Staffordshire County Council
A Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) is the legal framework and process that allows the County Council to restrict the movement or speed of traffic for example, and also enables those changes to be legally enforceable. The process of creating a new or even amending an existing order is complex however, It can take several months to complete an order as they require many stages of public and statutory consultation and because of the extensive work involved the costs can be very significant.
Due to the cost there are limits on the number of TROs the Council can implement each financial year. The majority of requests for restrictions are recorded on the Divisional Highway Programme for the local County Councillor, who may consider the matter to be a Local Community Priority and who may fund further investigation.
I hope the above is of assistance.
Kind regards
Garry Hunt
Community Highways Manager