| answer text |
<p>Home Zones are residential areas with streets designed for very low vehicle speeds
which better suit the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. The aim is to change the
way streets are used in order to improve quality of life by reducing the dominance
of motor traffic. Local authorities are free to install them using powers under the
Transport Act 2000 without reference to the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Zones
Challenge Fund, set up in April 2001 to encourage the development of home zones in
England, funded 59 schemes across 56 authorities. These are listed in the table below.
The Department does not hold information on how many other Home Zones are in place,
or where they are located, as local authorities do not have to inform the Department
when they install them.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scheme
location</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>Haymarket Green</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>Cavell
Road, Norwich</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>New England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>Cambridge
Road, Lowestoft</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>Pateley Moor Crescent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>Tyne
Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>Gresham Area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Tyneside</p></td><td><p>The Triangle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>Cowpen
Quay, Blyth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>Cleadon Park</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>Talbot
and Brunswick</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>Oldham’s Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>Aston
Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>Egerton Street Area, Chester</p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>Poulton Area, Morecambe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
West Area, Burnley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Grafton Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Northmoor
Phase 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>Wardleworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St
Helens</p></td><td><p>Bidston Avenue</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>Ashton
West End</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>Addiston Crescent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>Whitecross</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>Browning
Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>Dundonald & Methuen Streets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
Sussex</p></td><td><p>Town Farm Estate, Hailsham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>Castle
Grove, Porchester</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>Northcourt Estate, Denton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>Saxton
Road, Abingdon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>Kingsbridge Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>Radcliffe
Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>Nutley Lane, Reigate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Sussex</p></td><td><p>North West Bognor Regis</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath & North
East Somerset</p></td><td><p>Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Southville</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>North
Close Estate, Redruth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon</p></td><td><p>Wonford Estate,
Exeter</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Morice Town</p></td></tr><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>College Community Area, Trowbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westleigh
Area, Warminster</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Pitts farm, Erdington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>Silkmore,
Stafford Wilmot Drive, Newcastle under Lyme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford and Wrekin</p></td><td><p>West
Woodside</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>Fordhouses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>Duke
of Edinburgh Way, Malvern</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>Normanton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Kennington
Road Area</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>Albany Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>Moorside
Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Littlemoor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>Crosby/Frodingham, Scunthorpe</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Rookery
Gardens, St Mary Cray</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>Lupton Street</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>Deptford
Green</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>Linden Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston
upon Thames</p></td><td><p>Cavendish Road</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>Cranberry
Estate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>Sutherland Square</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
Department has not made any recent assessment of Home Zones. The design of streets
in their care is a matter for local authorities. In recent years there has been a
significant step change in attitudes to street design, with the focus increasingly
on creating streets that function as places and communities. Home Zones are one tool
that can help achieve these aims. We promote this approach more generally through
design guidance such as the Manual for Streets.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Government
provides maintenance funding to local authorities, the Department provides no specific
funding for the maintenance of Home Zones. Local authorities have a duty under Section
41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is
for each individual authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of
repair and what standards should be applied, based on their local knowledge and circumstances.</p>
|
|
