CALLS for a series of safety measures near Ashley Cross in Poole have been turned down because they are not "justified".

The council's transportation advisory group discussed the matter on Thursday (Jan12) following a petition from residents in the Wessex Road and Curzon Road area.

The petition, which was signed by nearly 50 residents called for a review of traffic management as a "matter of urgency" and called for the introduction of new safety measures.

A letter submitted to the council in support of the petition called for the installation of bollards, the re-introduction of two-way traffic in Wessex Road between the Curzon Road junction and the surgery, and the introduction of residents' parking bays.

However the advisory group agreed with a report that said some of these measures were "not justified".

They instead agreed to recommend that the road markings at the junction of Wessex Road and Curzon Road be re-painted and that the give way sign-face be cleaned.

It was also recommended that a left turn arrow be laid in the cycle gap at the junction of Station Road and Wessex Road.

However the group did agree that an assessment be carried out to establish whether a kerb extension at the Curzon Road/Approach Road junction would qualify for inclusion in the council’s pedestrian facility programme and that Curzon Road residents be consulted on the introduction of resident parking bays in the road.

According to the report there have been two injury collisions recorded by police in Wessex, Curzon and Approach Roads in the last 10 years.

All three roads also had a 20mph speed limit imposed on them in 2015.

The report highlighted cost as a reason for turning down the proposals - stating for example that the kerb extension at the Curzon Road/Approach Road junction "would not have addressed either of the collisions referred to above, and it would be hard to justify funding this type of feature in an area that is already subject to a 20mph limit, at a junction that is already conspicuously signed".