Issue - items at meetings - 2011/12 Local Transport Plan Capital Programme

Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached).

(1)         Cabinet approves the allocation of £3.35 million worth of funding for the 2011/12 Local Transport Plan capital programme to the Maintenance and Integrated Transport work programmes set out in Appendix 1 of this report.

220.1          The Cabinet considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place concerning the proposed 2011/12 investment programme for Year 1 of the Local Transport Plan 3 (LTP3) Delivery Plan.

220.2          Councillor Mitchell stated that she welcomed the additional money for repairing potholes. She asked whether any new 20mph zones were planned as part of the funding allocation for ‘Road Safety Engineering – new schemes’.

220.3          In response to questions from Councillor Mitchell, Councillor Theobald confirmed that the council would be submitting a bid to the Government’s Local Sustainable Transport Fund by the deadline of 18 April and that if any new 20mph zones were to be implemented, they would be funded from the allocation for ‘Road Safety Engineering’.

220.4          Councillor Randall queried what effect the projects within the CIVITAS programme had had on changing behaviour in the city.

220.5          The Lead Commissioner for City Regulation & Infrastructure explained that the council was currently in year three of a four year programme, which had been front-loaded with transport schemes; research and analysis would take place in year four and the results would be reported to the Cabinet.

220.6          RESOLVED - That, having considered the information and the reasons set out in the report, the Cabinet accepted the following recommendations:

(1)         That the allocation of £3.35 million worth of funding for the 2011/12 Local Transport Plan capital programme to the Maintenance and Integrated Transport work programmes set out in Appendix 1 of this report be approved.