Purpose

To seek permission to trial a through-traffic restriction using an Experimental Traffic Order (ETRO) on Sydney Road at its junction with New Sydney Place.

Decision

(1)  To note the support identified in New Sydney Place and Sydney Road Co-development Workshop during the Liveable Neighbourhood co- design process which identified a need to reduce speeding through- traffic on Sydney Road.

(2)  To use an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO) to proceed with the implementation of a trial through-traffic restriction on Sydney Road at its junction with New Sydney Place.

(3)  To note the intention to proceed at pace with the implementation of the trial as soon as this decision and the subsequent ETRO have been made.

(4)  To note that the total grant award from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority will be £736k for five proposed ETRO schemes mentioned in para 1.2.

(5)  To delegate approval to the Director of Sustainable Communities, in consultation with the s151 officer, to accept the grant from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority when it is provided and specifically approve an increase to the capital budget for Liveable Neighbourhoods by £306.3k for this decision. Until this point, the incurred costs will be met with funds earmarked from the Council’s own local match contribution.

Reasons for the decision

To enable the project to maintain its current timetable and deliver maximumbenefit andvalue to thecommunity assoon aspossible.

Alternative options considered

None.