Boldon Colliery Area 20 Zone and Traffic Calming - Formal Consultation
Overview
South Tyneside Councils Road Safety Department are consulting on a proposed traffic calming scheme in your area.
In our ongoing efforts to reduce road traffic collisions and improve road safety, South Tyneside Council are proposing to install traffic calming on Hedworth Lane and North Road and introduce a 20mph speed limit.
It is envisaged the traffic calming will help maintain low vehicle speeds and create a safer environment for highway users. This proposed measure will extend the existing 20mph speed limit on Hedworth lane.
All the proposed traffic calming locations have been chosen in accordance with design guidance and standards set by the Department for Transport. This is to ensure that motorists maintain a constant vehicle speed and are deterred from accelerating and braking between features which results in a passive style of driving, at a lower but constant speed, contributing to lower noise levels. The chosen locations of each road hump will not be directly outside existing driveways to prevent any difficulty with vehicles accessing/ egressing a property.
Please see below, proposals for the consultation area.
Please see below, formal consultation legal notice for both the proposed speed limit and traffic calming.
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 – SECTIONS 90A AND 90C
HEDWORTH LANE AND NORTH ROAD, BOLDON COLLIERY
PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF SPEED CUSHIONS AND SPEED TABLE
TRAFFIC CALMING PROPOSALS 2025
NOTICE is given that the Council of the Borough of South Tyneside in exercise of its powers under Section 90A of the Highways Act 1980, after consultation and in accordance with Section 90C of the Highways Act 1980 and under all other enabling powers proposes to construct speed cushions complying with the Highways (Road Humps) Regulations 1999 as traffic calming measures consisting of 1.7m x 4.0m speed cushions on Hedworth Lane and North Road, Boldon Colliery and a kerb to kerb width x 9m speed table on Hedworth Lane, Boldon Colliery. The speed limit on the roads is 30 mph with a proposal to reduce the speed limit to 20 mph. The traffic calming is necessary to reduce traffic speeds.
The proposed speed cushions will consist of a raised surface 75 mm above the existing carriageway. The proposed locations are as follows:-
Schedule 1 – Speed cushions (1.7m width x 4.0m length)
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Hedworth Lane |
Triad speed cushions located 90m south of its junction with Abingdon Way |
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Hedworth Lane |
Triad speed cushions located 165m south of its junction with Abingdon Way |
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Hedworth Lane |
2no. speed cushions located 13m west of its junction with Front Street |
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Hedworth Lane |
1no.speed cushion located 30m east of its junction with Grays Terrace |
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Hedworth Lane |
1no.speed cushion located 30m west of its junction with Davison Street |
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Hedworth Lane |
1no.speed cushion located 50m east of its junction with Wilton Cottages |
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Hedworth Lane |
1no.speed cushion located 60m east of its junction with Wilton Cottages |
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North Road |
Triad speed cushions located 35m south of its junction with Wells Street |
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North Road |
Triad speed cushions located 105m south of its junction with Wells Street |
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North Road |
Triad speed cushions located 185m south of its junction with Wells Street |
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North Road |
Triad speed cushions located 185m north of its junction with Cotswold Lane |
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North Road |
Triad speed cushions located 80m north of its junction with Cotswold Lane |
The proposed speed table will consist of a raised surface 100 mm above the existing carriageway
Schedule 2 – Speed Table (kerb to kerb width x 9.0m length)
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Hedworth Lane |
The centre of the speed table is to be located 60m west of the junction with Fawley Close for 6.5m in a northerly direction with ramps measuring 2m in length |
SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL (BOLDON COLLIERY AREA 20MPH) ORDER 2025
South Tyneside Council proposes to make an Order under Section 84 of and Schedule 9 to, the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and all other enabling powers.
The effect of the Order will be to reduce the speed limit in the Boldon Colliery Area to 20mph on:-
- the entire lengths of Church View, Davison Street, Donkins Street, Front Street, Grays Terrace, Simpson Close, Station Road, Toppings Street, Wilton Gardens North and Wilton Gardens South
- Hedworth Lane from a point 5 metres east of its junction with Abingdon Way for its entire length
- North Road from its junction with Cotswold Lane for 485 metres in a northerly direction
- North back Hedworth Lane from numbers 64 to 10
- South back Hedworth Lane from numbers 17 to 45
- The following unnamed roads:- from junction of 28 to 32 Hedworth Lane in a north westerly direction for 45 metres; from a point 48 metres north of Station Road’s junction with Hedworth Lane for 30 metres in a westerly direction; between Grays Terrace and Hedworth Lane; between Davison Street and Front Street; from its junction of 34/45 Davison Street for 16 metres east to Donkins Street; from its junction of 9/10 Davison Street for 16 metres east to Donkins Street; from its junction with North Road from 36/37 Fenwick Street for 143 metres in a westerly direction; from its junction with North Road from 22/23 Fenwick Street for 40 metres in a westerly direction and from the junction of North Road with Fenwick Street to Toppings Street
All details of the proposals are shown on a plan which may be inspected from Monday to Friday between 10am and 2pm at the Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields NE33 2RL. Alternatively you can request a copy of the documentation by emailing lynne.sloan@southtyneside.gov.uk.
If you wish to raise an objection, express support or make any other observations about these proposals, you must make them in writing to the Council’s Legal Services Department at the address below or by using the same email address above by the 5 May 2025. Any objections must specify the grounds on which they are made.
Dated 14 April 2025
Corporate Lead, Legal & Governance, South Tyneside Council, Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL
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