Agenda item - Safer, Better Streets: 2024/2025 Programme

Report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture

1)             That Committee notes the new SBS Priority List, included in Appendix 1, produced in line with the approved SBS assessment methodology.

2)             That Committee grants approval for officers to progress design and construction work on the identified locations in the SBS Priority List ‘Top Twelve Priority list’ identified at Table 2 in this report, subject to funding, consultation and any required Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) processes.

3)             That Committee notes the changes to the SBS assessment process and agrees the amended process in Appendix 2, to be used for future assessments.

45.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Economy, Environment & Culture that presented the results of the Safer, Better Streets (SBS) – Highway Improvement Prioritisation Framework assessments undertaken for 2023/24 and identifies the priorities for delivery over the next financial year, subject to available funding. The report also provided an update on the delivery of associated road safety improvement projects and recommends amendments to the SBS assessment process to better suit the objectives of the programme.

45.2      Councillors Davis, Robinson, Miller, Nann and Theobald asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

45.3      Resolved-

1)             That Committee notes the new SBS Priority List, included in Appendix 1, produced in line with the approved SBS assessment methodology.

2)             That Committee grants approval for officers to progress design and construction work on the identified locations in the SBS Priority List ‘Top Twelve Priority list’ identified at Table 2 in this report, subject to funding, consultation and any required Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) processes.

3)             That Committee notes the changes to the SBS assessment process and agrees the amended process in Appendix 2, to be used for future assessments.