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(i)       to note that
officers would circulate the video on the work which had been
undertaken with Brimmond School to improve routes to school and
cycling facilities;
(ii)       noting the safety
concerns raised by Members, to note that officers would liaise with
colleagues in Education to ascertain the work being done with
schools towards each school having an active travel plan, and that
if work not covered in the report was being undertaken, information
on this would be circulated to Members outwith the meeting;
(iii)      to note that officers
would recirculate the service update provided prior to the June
meeting of the Committee on I Bike Schools to Members;
(iv)      to request that officers
circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the
roadworks currently being carried out in Ferryhill, Cove and Banks
O’Dee, including when the roads were expected to re-open and
the measures taken to minimise disruption to families taking
children to school in those areas;
(v)      to note that officers
would advise local Ward Members when the school selected to take
part in the Schools Street pilot was determined;
(vi)      to note the range of work
that was currently ongoing to support and enable active travel to
school in Aberdeen;
(vii)     to instruct the Chief Officer
– Operations, following consultation with the Convener and
Vice Convener of the Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee
and the Convener and Vice Convener of the Education and
Children’s Services Committee, to determine which school
would be most suitable to take forward as a Schools Street pilot
project, and for this decision to be informed by the criteria set
out in report presented to the 21 January 2025 Net Zero,
Environment and Transport Committee on implementing suitable
schemes; and
(viii)    to instruct the Chief Officer -
Strategic Place Planning to bring a Service Update on progress of
the Schools Street pilot back to this Committee by the end of
2025.