Purpose

Approval of a programme of works to the public highway to improve road safety, supporting statutory requirements and the council’s Vision Zero approach to reducing casualties on the public highway.

Noting that this forms part of a five year funding package within the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement.

Approval of the exercising of relevant statutory powers available to the Highway Authority to facilitate the works on the public highway.

Decision

The Chief Officer (Highways & Transportation)

Noted the contents and recommendations of this report including the continued application of the innovative approach to road casualties looking beyond the traditional ‘sites’ and ‘lengths’ processes; and

Noted the work undertaken over the 2022/23 financial year with respect to the previously approved casualty reduction programme; and

Reviewed and approved the indicative five year programme of casualty prevention schemes and the detailed programme for 2023/24 and give authority to commence the detailed design, consultation and implementation of the schemes described in Appendix A to this report; and

Gave authority to incur expenditure of £3.201m, (comprising of £2.377m of new funding and a carryover from the 2022/23 financial year of £824K) to deliver the programme of projects detailed in Appendix B as part of the five year £8.0m City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement; and

Gave authority to request the City Solicitor to draft and advertise any Traffic Regulation Orders (Movement Order, Waiting Restriction Order or Experimental Order) as required to address/ resolve the problems identified for each scheme as detailed in Appendix A, and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Orders as advertised; and

Approved with reference to the powers contained in Section 66(4) of the Highways Act 1980, that relevant lengths of footway proposed as cycle tracks (detailed in Appendix A) are removed and that following the removal of the footways, cycle tracks are constructed under the powers contained under the provisions of section 65(1) of the Highways Act 1980 for segregated or shared joint use by pedal cyclists and pedestrians; and

Gave authority to request the City Solicitor to draft and advertise a Notice under the provision of Section 90C of the Highways Act 1980 for the implementation of traffic calming as necessary to facilitate the listed schemes; and

Agreed to receive such other and further reports as may be required to address any objections received to advertised notices or other matters arising from the detailed scheme proposals; and

Noted that reports will be submitted on an annual basis over the course of the CRSTS settlement to detail progress and expenditure.