Purpose

The report will set out the work that has been
completed under the five year CRSTS package in years 1 and 2 and
the remaining projects that will form the rest of the five year
programme. The proposals detail the full allocation of the
£8.6m, with some slight over programming included to ensure
CRSTS Casualty Prevention Programme allocation is fully spent from
the five year CRSTS. The projects contained in this programme have
been developed through a number of studies.
These include the major Sites for Concern and
Lengths for Concern, which have been produced annually since 1990
and have led to the design and delivery of the most successful road
safety projects to date. The report summarises the annual
Pedestrian Crossing Review which has informed the list of new
crossings/upgrades. In addition it covers elements aligned to wider
road safety initiatives such as safety cameras, education and speed
limit requirements.

Content

The Chief Officer
Highways & Transportation agreed to:
 
i) 
Note 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
 
ii) 
Note the increased focus on education and enforcement to support
the traditional engineering programme; and
 
iii) 
Note the work undertaken over the 2023/24 financial year with
respect to the previously approved casualty prevention programme;
and
 
iv) 
Review and approve the updated five year programme of casualty
prevention schemes (Appendix A) and give authority to commence any
detailed design, consultation and implementation of the schemes
described in Appendices B, C and E to this report; and
 
v) 
Give authority to incur expenditure of £5,587m for the
remaining 3 year works programme of the 5 year CRSTS funding,
comprising of £3,952m of new funding for 2024/45 financial
year; and
 
vi) 
Note that spend to date for years 1 and 2 of this CRSTS programme
(March 2024) is estimated at £3.013m. The remaining
£5,587m funds will enable the delivery of the remaining 3
year programme of projects detailed in Appendix  B, to conclude the five year £8.6m City
Region Sustainable Transport Settlement; and
 
vii) 
Give 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
 

viii) 
Approve 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

ix) 
Give
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

x) 
Give
authority to display notices on site under the provision of Section
23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to inform the public of
the proposed formal pedestrian crossings and respond to any
communications received in this regard as appropriate;
and
xi) 
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
 
xii) 
Note that reports will be submitted on an annual basis over the
course of the CRSTS settlement to detail progress made against the
five year programme and any proposed amendments to the list of
approved projects.