Designation criteria
This review has been undertaken in accordance with the criteria for designation under section 5.4.2 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 Code of Practice and the GeoPlace Traffic Sensitive Streets Guidance Notes 2.0 (April 2023) as follows:
Designation criteria | Data sources |
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Designation criteria: The street is one on which, at any time, the street authority estimates traffic flow to be greater than 500 vehicles per hour, per lane of carriageway, excluding bus or cycle lanes | Data sources: Dft Traffic Data (where hourly rate is used where available. Otherwise, hourly flow is factored from AADT) Lincolnshire Road Safety Partnership (LRSP) Traffic Data |
Designation criteria: The street is a single carriageway two-way road, the carriageway of which is less than 6.5 metres wide, having a total traffic flow in both directions of not less than 600 vehicles per hour | Data sources: Dft Traffic Data (where hourly rate is used where available. Otherwise, hourly flow is factored from AADT) LRSP Traffic Data |
Designation criteria: Traffic flow contains more than 25% Heavy commercial vehicles | Data sources: Where disaggregated HGV flow is available, this is calculated. Otherwise, criteria are not calculated, as HGV flow will generally be less than 25% |
Designation criteria: The street carries in both directions more than eight buses per hour | Data sources: Review of council data supplied by Lincolnshire County Council Transport Services |
Designation criteria: The street is within 100 metres of a critical signalised junction, gyratory or roundabout system | Data sources: Local knowledge |
Designation criteria: The street, or that part of the street that, has a pedestrian flow rate in both directions at any time, of at least 1,300 persons per hour, per metre width of footway | Data sources: Local knowledge |