Formal consultation - 20mph and speed cushions in the Boldon Colliery area

Contents

1. Overview of the proposal
2. Map of plans
3. Legal notice
4. What happens next

Overview of the proposal

The proposal includes:

• the reduction in speed limit to 20mph on the following roads in Boldon Colliery:
  • Church View
  • Davison Street
  • Donkins Street
  • Front Street
  • Grays Terrace
  • Simpson Close
  • Station Road
  • Toppings Street
  • Wilton Gardens North and South
  • Hedworth Lane including north and south back
  • North Road
  • various unnamed roads - see details in legal notice below
• the construction of speed cushions on Hedworth Lane and North Road
• the construction of a speed table on Hedworth Lane

Consultation closes: 5 May 2025

Map of plans

Map of Boldon Colliery area

Legal notices

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
• 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
• from the junction of North Road with Fenwick Street to Toppings Street

Full details of these proposals are contained in the draft order which, together with a plan showing the lengths of road affected and a statement of the Council's reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be inspected from Monday to Friday during normal office hours at the Town Hall at the address below.

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 and Governance South Tyneside Council, Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL

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)

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)

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 and Governance, South Tyneside Council, Town Hall, Westoe Road, South Shields, NE33 2RL

What happens next 

We will review all feedback.

Depending on the feedback we get, the proposals may change, or may not go ahead. 

Read more about how traffic and parking consultations work.