Traill Drive, Montrose: Proposed Traffic Calming Installation

In April 2018, a local member for the Montrose area raised concerns regarding the speed of traffic on Traill Drive and additional concerns over anti-social driver behaviour in the same area. The Member requested that consideration be given to providing additional physical traffic calming measures to supplement the measures already in place.

The provision of physical traffic calming measures is based on evidence of road accidents and speeding. Although investigations have confirmed that neither is significant in Traill Drive, given the nature of the area and the type of traffic using the road the Angus Area Traffic Co-ordination Group agreed at their May 2018 meeting that consideration should be given to providing additional physical traffic calming measures at this location.

Report No 12/19 submitted to Angus Council’s Communities Committee on 15 January 2019 by the Head of Infrastructure details the concerns raised and the results of the detailed investigation. The committee noted the concerns raised by the local member and agreed to the undertaking of a public consultation on proposals to introduce physical traffic calming measures (75mm high speed cushions) on Traill Drive to supplement the measures already in place.