Purpose

Update on project following consultation and
engagement

Content

1)          
That Committee agrees to note the outcomes of the
consultation that has been undertaken for the preferred option for
the pilot Hanover & Tarner Liveable Neighbourhood area, which
indicate that the proposals do not have the full support of local
residents.

 

2)          
That Committee agrees to cease work on a pilot
Liveable Neighbourhood project in the Hanover & Tarner
area. 

 

3)          
That Committee requests that previously agreed
priorities to improve pedestrian crossing facilities in
Elm Grove at Hampden Road/de Montfort
Road and Bonchurch Road are developed and delivered at the earliest
opportunity, subject to the approval of recommendation
2.6.

 

4)          
That Committee requests that officers undertake the
development and delivery of designs to upgrade the Elm
Grove/Queen’s Park Road junction as part of the
council’s programme for upgrading the city’s traffic
signals, at the earliest opportunity, subject to the approval of
recommendation 2.6.

 

5)          
That Committee requests that officers assess the
existing crossing point at the Queen’s Park Road/Egremont
Place/West Drive junction, and the possible introduction of vehicle
activated speed signs in Queen’s Park Road as part of the
council’s Safer, Better Streets prioritisation framework, at
the earliest opportunity. 

 

6)          
That Committee requests that officers seek the
necessary approvals from the Strategy, Finance and City
Regeneration Committee to reallocate £400,000 from the
£1.0 million budget allocation previously made to the Hanover
& Tarner Liveable Neighbourhood pilot project from the Carbon Neutral Fund, to the Local Transport
Plan capital programme to enable the work referred to in
recommendations 2.3 and 2.4 of this report to be
commenced.