Road Racing (International Festival of Motoring) (Jersey) Order 2012

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A decision made 20 April 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-T-2012-0036
Decision Summary Title :	2012 Jersey International Motoring Festival – Motor Racing on Public Roads Application: Part 2		Date of Decision Summary:	12 April 2012
Decision Summary Author:	Technical Assistant Traffic and Infrastructure		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	The Classic and Vintage Motor Racing Club of Jersey’s Application to hold the Jersey International Festival of Motoring 2012		Date of Written Report:	12 April 2012
Written Report Author:	Technical Assistant Traffic and Infrastructure		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Road Racing (International Festival of Motoring) (Jersey) Order 2012
Decision(s): The Minister made the Road Racing (International Festival of Motoring) (Jersey) Order 2012 as prepared on behalf of Transport and Technical Services, as the administering authority of the Motor Vehicle Races (Jersey) Law 1946 and the Entertainments on Public Roads (Jersey) Law 1985.
Reason(s) for Decision: Further to MD-T-2012-0029, enabling preparation of the Order, the Minister accepted that the proposed road closures and associated traffic management were both reasonable and justified.
Resource Implications: TTS’ Road Signs and Markings section to provide assistance to the Honorary Police in putting out, collecting and storing traffic signs. The Promoter is charged for this service on a cost basis.
Action required: To notify the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman that the Order has been made; forward the signed and sealed Order to the Publications Editor, States Greffe, and request the Greffier of the States to arrange for its notification to the States.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Road Racing (International Festival of Motoring) (Jersey) Order 2012

TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

THE CLASSIC & VINTAGE MOTOR RACING CLUB’S APPLICATION TO HOLD

THE FESTIVAL OF MOTORING 2012

Purpose of the Report

To accompany the signature copy of the Road Racing (International Festival of Motoring) (Jersey) Order 2012 enabling road closures and traffic restrictions for the purpose of holding the Jersey International Festival of Motoring racing events between Friday 25 and Sunday 27 May 2012.

Background

The Classic & Vintage Motor Racing Club (the Promoter) has submitted details of its proposed events for this year’s Festival of Motoring. The events are enabled by Order of the Transport and Technical Services Minister under Article 2 of the Motor Vehicle Races (Jersey) Law 1946.

As per last year the Promoter is seeking to provide the public with a broad based programme of motoring events with the inclusion of an ‘Activity Arena / Circuit’ course at West Park on Sunday 27 May (see attached plan) along with other static displays on La Route de St Aubin above the Lower People’s Park. The aim of the Activity Arena / Course is to give motor clubs in the Island a space in which to carry out live displays (as per 2011) rather than racing.

The Festival has the support of the Connétable of St Helier, who has given permission for both the ‘Upper’ and ‘Lower’ parks to be used as static display areas. The Promoter is consulting and co-ordinating with the Honorary Police, Emergency Services, TTS Parking Control, Connex and Fort Regent. The Promoter will also be carrying out a face to face letter drop to residents and businesses affected by the event, notably the Grand Hotel, etc.

The Festival, including the Activity Arena, has been risk assessed by the Motor Sport Association’s (MSA) Director of Motor Sport Safety and has received full MSA Public Liability Insurance cover.

Road closure details are as follows:

- Victoria Avenue Sprint: Friday 25 May (7pm to 11.30pm): Victoria Avenue will be closed from West Park to First Tower junction. The Promoter also wishes to use Lay-bys 1 and 2 for the parking and display of race vehicles and Lay-by 4 for vehicle turning which will require their closure from 6am until after the event (around Midnight). The promenade and the cycle track will be unaffected.

- Westmount Hill Climb: Saturday 26 May (9.30am to 7pm): Westmount will be closed from St Aubin’s Road to the entrance of Overdale Hospital.

- Mount Bingham Hill Climb: Sunday 27 May (9am to 4pm): Pier Road will be closed from its junction with the northern arm of South Hill to Mount Bingham and Mount Bingham from its junction with Pier Road to Green Street. Also closed are South Hill, Fort Regent Road and La Collette Garden Car Parks.

- La Route de St Aubin Activity Arena: Sunday 27 May (8am to 6pm): La Route de St Aubin will be closed from the King George V Homes to its junction with Kensington Street. The West Park Slip lane will also be closed, as will Pierson Road.

Discussion

- Victoria Avenue Sprint: Due to the closure being in the evening (after PM peak demand which ends prior to 7pm) traffic delays will be less significant than, for example the Battle of Flowers. Nevertheless although the Public is now familiar with the Sprint’s traffic impact, experience from previous years indicates that disruption will be significant into the late evening.

- Westmount Hill Climb: The Parish of St Helier administers Westmount Road and its closure will cause little disruption.

- Mount Bingham Hill Climb: While Mount Bingham is actively used by both commuter and commercial traffic during weekdays, its closure on a Sunday should not present significant traffic issues, with the main impact being the loss of the costal route to tourists and the loss of access to Fort Regent.

Discussion - Activity Arena:

- Traffic: Creation of the Activity Arena entails closing La Route de St Aubin between First Tower and Kensington Street which is the same as last year. In addition the West Park Slip Lane and Pierson Road will be closed. This will necessitate northbound traffic being diverted up Kensington Place and Kensington Street on to St Aubins Road.

The likely impact of these arrangements is to create westbound congestion at the right turns on Victoria Avenue (at First Tower and Rue du Galet) and eastbound congestion on the right turns off La Route de St Aubin (at Rue du Galet and at First Tower). There will also be delays for vehicles heading northbound via Kensington Place.

- Emergency Services: The Emergency Service has been consulted regarding the closure of La Route de St Aubin (between First Tower and Kensington Street) and Pierson Road and have indicated that they are comfortable with diversion arrangements (i.e. Kensington Place and Kensington Street on to St Aubins Road).

- Bus Services: Buses will be unable to serve stops between West Park and First Tower (normally every 5 to 10 minutes). The following routes will be affected in both directions: Explorer (Red, Blue, and Yellow) and No. 7, 7b, 8, 8a, 9, 12, 12a, 14, 15. However, it is worth noting that the same arrangements last year did not cause Connex any significant operational issues.

- Access to Residences: During the closure access to premises will be maintained via First Tower, this includes access to West Park Apartments. As part of the closure of Pierson Road residential parking will be suspended from 6pm on Saturday 26 until 6pm on Sunday 27 May.

- Other Events: The Jersey Hospice Walk is on Saturday 26 May along St Aubin’s Bay Promenade. This event should not effect the running of the festival with there only being the static displays on the Saturday and the West Park Hill Climb.

- Cancer Research ‘Race for Life’ will be taking place on St Aubin’s Bay Promenade, starting and finishing at Les Jardins de la Mer. The 5km run is scheduled to start at 11am. The race will involve over one thousand runners and will be finished by 2pm.

Conclusion

The Festival of Motoring is an established and publicly accepted event, the introduction of a circular Activity Arena on La Route de St Aubin last year received positive coverage and the event was well attend with no adverse traffic comments received by the Department.

Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to make the Road Racing (International Festival of Motoring) (Jersey) Order 2012 as prepared.

Reason(s) for Decision

Further to MD-T-2012-0029, enabling preparation of the Order, the proposed road closures and associated traffic management are reasonable and justified.

Resource Implications

TTS’ Road Signs and Markings section to provide assistance to the Honorary Police in putting out traffic signs prior to the start of the event and collecting / storing traffic signs after the event. The Promoter is charged for this service on a cost basis.

Action Required

To notify the Greffier of the States and the Law Draftsman that the Order has been made, forward the signed and sealed Order to the Publications Editor, States Greffe, and request the Greffier of the States to arrange for its notification to the States.

Written by:

Technical Assistant, Traffic and Infrastructure

Approved by:

Director, Engineering and Infrastructure

Attachments

Plan of West Park Activity Arena

Road Racing (International Festival of Motoring) (Jersey) Order 2012

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