Decision Maker:

Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: January 15, 2025

Purpose:

Content: Salford City Council - Record of Decision     I, Councillor McCusker, Lead Member for Planning, Transport and Sustainable Development, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution, do hereby:   Agree to the implementation of three school streets within Salford as a pilot from the suggested criteria. Approve the commencement of the Traffic Regulation Order process for the three sites during 2025, subject to the statutory process. Agree to review the trial schemes and criteria as necessary once implemented.   The Reasons are: TfGM have previously announced funding for school streets in 2021 to help implement school streets within Greater Manchester. Salford have delivered one school street in July 2024.   A school street normally involves a prohibition of driving for a short period of time before and after the school day along a street(s) adjacent to a school.   Andy Burnham has announced that he intends to help implement up to 100 school streets across Greater Manchester. TfGM have announced that the criteria and funding for school streets will be rolled out in 2025.   Salford are looking at implementing three school streets to pilot a local criteria and the process within Salford and see how the trials can inform future school streets.   The school streets will be enforced using camera enforcement under the new Part 6 approval gained from DfT .   Options considered and rejected were: Not to take the proposal forward.   The source of funding is: It will be funded by the CRSTS grant provided to us by the department of transport via GMCA.   Legal Advice obtained: The proposed Prohibition of Driving would only need to operate during term time. If the decision is made to implement the proposals in this report, these should not give rise to any legal implications provided the works are carried out in accordance with the appropriate statutory requirements as set out in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the Highways Act 1980. However, other legal implications may be applicable once the consultation and design process is finalised.   Financial Advice obtained: Date: 07.01.2025 There is adequate budget in the Highways Capital Programme for this scheme to be carried out. It will be funded by the CRSTS grant provided to us by the department of transport via GMCA. However closer scrutiny of the financials will be done at the DDN stage.   Procurement Advice obtained: N/A   HR Advice obtained: N/A       Climate Change Advice obtained: The proposal to reduce traffic around the school gates, will hopefully encourage parents collecting children to walk the last distance to the school gates, or switch to non-car modes of travel to the school. This will in turn hopefully reduce instances of vehicles idling around the school gates.   The following documents have been used to assist the decision process: Lead Member Report   Contact Officer:       Andrew Fisher         Email:                     andrew.fisher@salford.gov.uk   This decision is not subject to consideration by another Lead Member.   The appropriate scrutiny panel to call-in the decision is the Growth & Prosperity Scrutiny Panel.     Signed: Councillor McCusker                                      Dated: 15th January 2025 Lead Member for Planning, Transport & Sustainable Development     This decision was published on 23rd January 2025.                                                This decision will come into force at 4.00 p.m. on 30th January 2025, unless it is called-in in accordance with the decision-making process rules.