Kenilworth Traffic - The Future Is Decided

7.33.42am GMT Wed 14th Mar 2007

Cllr John Whitehouse

County councillor John Whitehouse (Kenilworth Abbey) has welcomed the unanimous support of fellow members of the Warwick Area Committee for a new traffic management plan for Kenilworth town centre when the Talisman Square redevelopment is completed

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Last night's decision, which followed a period of extensive public consultation, was to proceed with a modified version of Option 3, with a further review within 12 months to decide whether to adopt a modified version of Option 2.

John said after the meeting:

"This is a sensible and pragmatic decision. Option 1 was clearly not preferred, while the balance of argument between the other two was quite a fine one. Officers listened to the feedback obtained during the public consultation, and made a number of important changes to Option 3 that removed most remaining doubts about it. Most notable of these is a proposed No Right Turn out of Waverley Road into the Warwick Road.

In the meeting I paid tribute to the hard work of the group of Kenilworth stakeholders to help shape the plans and options prior to the public consultation. Their efforts played a major part in helping to secure last night's decision."