Proposed Installation of Road Humps - Kirn Drive, Gourock
The Inverclyde Council, in accordance with the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, the Road Humps (Scotland) Regulations 1998, the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 and the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 proposes to install road humps in the form of speed cushions at the following location:-
Kirn Drive, from the junction with Arran Road to the junction with Divert Road, all Gourock. Road humps will have the following dimensions:
- Height – 65mm
- Length – 2.00m
- Width – 1.65m
The Council proposes to install road humps at the above location before promoting an Experimental Traffic Order in accordance with Section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to make Kirn Drive one-way from Arran Road to Divert Road and Staffa Street one-way from Ivy Crescent to Kingsway east.
Full details, together with relevant plans and a Statement of Reasons for the proposal can be viewed at www.inverclyde.gov.uk/tro and are available for inspection during normal office hours Mon-Fri at :-
- Inverclyde Council, Customer Service Centre, Clyde Sq., Greenock PA15 1LY. Tel: (01475) 717171;
- Roads and Transportation, Vehicle Maintenance Facility, 8 Pottery Street, Greenock PA15 2UH. Tel: (01475) 714800;
- Central Library, Wallace Place, Greenock PA15 1JB; and Gourock Library, Kempock Place, Gourock, PA19 1QU.
I should be obliged if you would submit any objections, comments or other representation either for or against the proposal you may have in writing to the Head of Legal, Democratic, Digital and Customer Services, Municipal Buildings, Clyde Square, Greenock, PA15 1LY OR via email to roads.consultation@inverclyde.go.uk by 18 August 2025. Objections must contain a statement of the grounds for objection.
Statement of Reasons For the proposed installation of road humps at Kirn Drive, Gourock
The Inverclyde Council, in accordance with the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, the Road Humps (Scotland) Regulations 1998, the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 and the Road Humps and Traffic Calming (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002 proposes to install road humps in the form of speed cushions at the following location:-
Kirn Drive, from the junction with Arran Road to the junction with Divert Road, all Gourock. The road humps would have the following dimensions:
- Height – 65mm
- Length – 2.00m
- Width – 1.65m
The Council proposes to install road humps at the above location before proceeding to promote an Experimental Traffic Order in accordance with section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to make Kirn Drive one-way from Arran Road to Divert Road and Staffa Street one-way from Ivy Crescent to Kingsway east.
Following a non-statutory consultation which was undertaken by the Council between 20 January and 7 February 2025 and following a report to Environment and Regeneration Committee on 15 May 2025, the Council in its capacity as Roads Authority proposes in future to promote an Experimental Traffic Order in accordance with Section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to make Kirn Drive and Staffa Street one-way roads. As part of the scheme to improve road safety in this area, the Council firstly proposes to install road humps (speed cushions) on Kirn Drive from the junction with Arran Road to the junction with Divert Road.
The Council deems the installation of road humps on Kirn Drive, from the junction with Arran Road to the junction with Divert Road, to be necessary in the interests of safety and the free movement of traffic on Kirn Drive, Gourock. A paramics model undertaken on behalf of the Council in October 2023 indicated that, on one-way roads which no longer require drivers to give way to oncoming traffic, drivers are more likely to travel at excessive speeds. The Council therefore proposes to introduce road humps before proceeding to promote an Experimental Traffic Order to make Kirn Drive and Staffa Street one-way roads, in order to reduce vehicle speeds in this area.