Purpose

a.  Note the contents of the Report to the Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation) (“the Report”);

b.  Note that full Council (21.2.2024) within the Capital Programme Update for 2023-28 has injected £5,404,000 of City Region Sustainable Transport Funding and £511,488 of Section 106 funding to deliver the scheme;

c.  Note and approve the proposed layout as per the drawings attached to the Report;

d.  Give authority to advertise a Traffic Regulation Order and, subject to objections, request the City Solicitor to make, seal and implement the Order;

e.  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;

f.  Approve the construction of cycle tracks under the powers contained under the provisions of Section 65(1) of the Highways Act 1980 for segregated or shared use by pedal cyclists and pedestrians;

g.  Approve the construction of traffic calming measures under the powers contained under the provisions of Section 90 of the Highways Act 1980; and

h.  Give authority to tender for a contractor to deliver the scheme utilising the Intermediate Works Contractor Framework.

Decision

The Chief Officer Highways and Transportation has:

a.  Noted the contents of the Report to the Chief Officer (Highways and Transportation) (“the Report”); 

b.  Noted that full Council (21.2.2024) within the Capital Programme Update for 2023-28 has injected £5,404,000 of City Region Sustainable Transport Funding and £511,488 of Section 106 funding to deliver the scheme; 

c.  Noted and approved the proposed layout as per the drawings attached to the Report; 

d.  Given authority to advertise a Traffic Regulation Order and, subject to objections, request the City Solicitor to make, seal and implement the Order; 

e.  Given 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; 

f.  Approved the construction of cycle tracks under the powers contained under the provisions of Section 65(1) of the Highways Act 1980 for segregated or shared use by pedal cyclists and pedestrians; 

g.  Approved the construction of traffic calming measures under the powers contained under the provisions of Section 90 of the Highways Act 1980; and

h.  Given authority to tender for a contractor to deliver the scheme utilising the Intermediate Works Contractor Framework.