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Outcome:

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: March 12, 2025

Purpose:

Content: Salford City Council - Record of Decision   I, Councillor Mike McCusker, Lead Member for Planning, Transport & Sustainable Development, in exercise of the powers contained within the Council Constitution, do hereby approve:   The carrying out of the statutory consultation to enable the Council to use the Part 6 Enforcement Powers at sites to support the GM Clean Air Plan.   The Reasons are: The City Council have powers to enforce certain Moving Traffic Offences following the successful application to DfT for de-criminalised enforcement.   The City Council have been working with TfGM and the Greater Manchester Districts to gain approval for an Investment Led Clean Air Plan, rather than the previously approved charging Clean Air Zone across the region. As well as investment in new buses and taxis, there are a limited number of local measures required in Salford and Manchester.   This includes a 30mph speed limit and adjustments to traffic signals on Regent Road as well as some local highway measures in the St Johns area of Manchester City Centre. The modelled results indicate delivering compliance in air quality terms, with the Government agreeing with the results and supporting the Investment Led Plan in January 2025.   To ensure the modelled results are reflected on the network, compliance with the speed limit and other restrictions in place need to be enforced. The proposal at Regent Road is to carry out enforcement of the yellow boxes to increase compliance and ensure insofar as possible that the network operates as modelled and delivers the modelled outcomes in air quality terms.   Approval of the report will enable the consultation to be undertaken for camera enforcement of the yellow box sites where compliance and modelling outputs is key to the success of the Clean Air Plan.   Options considered and rejected were: None, there is no alternative to carrying out the consultation, before a decision can be made on whether or not to enforce the contraventions at the locations shown.   Assessment of Risk: There is limited risk to the City Council in carrying out this consultation.   The source of funding is: The consultation will be funded from the allocation towards local highway measures from the GM Investment Led Clean Air Plan.   Legal Advice obtained: Not applicable at present.   Financial Advice obtained: The consultation will be funded from the allocation towards local highway measures from the GM Investment Led Clean Air Plan.   Procurement Advice: N/A   HR Advice obtained: N/A   The following documents have been used to assist the decision process: Local Transport Plan   Contact Officer: Robert Owen                Email: robert.owen@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 and Prosperity Scrutiny Panel.     Signed: Councillor Mike McCusker                                               Dated: 12th March 2025 Lead Member for Planning, Transport & Sustainable Development     This decision was published on 14th March 2025.   This decision will come into force at 4.00 p.m. on 21st March 2025, unless it is called-in in accordance with the decision-making process rules.