Supplementary Stage 1 Road Safety Audit Designer's Response

M1 Junction 19 Improvement
Stage 1 Road Safety Audit Designer’s Response /
Exceptions Report
3 CONCLUSION
3.1.1 The Designer has reviewed the issues raised by the Audit Team during this Stage 1
Road Safety Audit.
3.1.2 The Designer has considered all of the Auditor’s recommendation and has provided
his response in Section 2 of this report.
3.1.3 Two exceptions are sought as this stage for Problems 7 and 12, the justification for
which is summarised below:
• The Designer considers amending the design to increase visibility at the junction
of the Local Link Road and Swinford Road would encourage vehicles to travel at
higher speeds and could result in inappropriate overtaking in the vicinity of the
junction
• The Designer considers the introduction of a mandatory speed limit on the four
interchange links is inappropriate. The design has been developed in
accordance with the requirements of current design standards and would not be
in keeping with current practise at other similar locations on the motorway and
trunk road network
3.1.4 Many of the problems raised will require amendments to the design prior to a Stage 2
Road Safety Audit which may not resolve all the concerns of the Audit Team. It is
considered prudent for the Highways Agency to discuss the following issue with the
Audit Team prior to publication of Draft Orders:
• The introduction of an advisory speed limit of 50 or 60mph on the four
interchange links, denoted by traffic signs to TSRGD 2002 (Traffic Signs and
General Directions) diagram 513 (Maximum speed in miles per hour advised at a
bend or other hazard) in combination with traffic signs to diagram 512 (Bend
ahead).
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17 Issued: February 2010