Agenda item - Pedestrian Crossing Priority

Report of the Executive Director of Environment, Development & Housing (copy attached).

1)        That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee approves the priority crossing list and grants permission for officers to begin implementing the prioritised pedestrian crossing locations where funding has been identified. Where crossing points require higher funding levels these should be acknowledged and identified as part of future work plans

2)        That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee authorises officersto construct the prioritised pedestrian crossings for which funding has been identified within the financial year 2013/14, subject to Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) being advertised prior to implementation of crossing points.

42.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Environment, Development & Housing that presented the findings of the pedestrian crossing assessments of locations requested up to May 2013 and identified priority crossing points to be delivered over the next 12 months, subject to availability of funds.

42.2      The Chair urged Members to take note of the way the report set out the council’s agreed methodology for assessing pedestrian crossing requests and that 22 locations had been considered across the city and 11 had met the initial criteria and been assessed in more detail. The Chair noted that the policy, agreed by a Scrutiny Panel in 2011, now weighted both safety and community issues. The Chair also drew Members attention to the limited budget available to deliver the projects.

42.3      Councillor Theobald stated that pages 303-307 of the report listed various requests but did not identify when these would be delivered.

42.4      The Transport Planner stated that those referred to all applications received and not all had met the criteria. Ten applications had been identified that could be delivered within the allocated funding and were requested for approval.

42.5      Councillor Janio noted that Table D listed a series of locations where the initial criteria had not been met adding that one of his requests was within this list. Councillor Janio asked if this request would be reviewed again next year or if, because it had not met the initial criteria, would not be considered again.

42.6      The Transport Planner confirmed that as the request had not met the initial criteria, the location would not be re-considered unless there was a significant development or change in the area.

42.7      RESOLVED-

1)           That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee approves the priority crossing list and grants permission for officers to begin implementing the prioritised pedestrian crossing locations where funding has been identified. Where crossing points require higher funding levels these should be acknowledged and identified as part of future work plans

2)           That the Environment Transport & Sustainability Committee authorises officersto construct the prioritised pedestrian crossings for which funding has been identified within the financial year 2013/14, subject to Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) being advertised prior to implementation of crossing points.