Decision Session - Executive Member for Transport
Set out below is a summary of the decisions taken at the meeting of the Decision Session Executive Member for Transport held on Tuesday, 16 November 2021. The wording used does not necessarily reflect the actual wording that will appear in the minutes.
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4. Coppergate Temporary Traffic Regulation Order Proposal
Resolved:
i. Instructed officers to submit a request to the Secretary of State for Transport to extend the current Coppergate TTRO for an initial 6 months and to submit a request for a further 6 month extension if needed to complete the bus routing study and any permanent TRO statutory processes and also to instruct officers to carry out the necessary legal procedures following approval of the extension(s) by the Secretary of State, including the advertising of the continuation direction.
Reason: To enable the current restriction to remain in place pending a decision on the potential introduction of a permanent change to the TRO.
ii. Instructed officers to undertake the necessary feasibility work to enable a decision to be taken on whether to progress a permanent change to the TRO through the statutory processes and to also consider the results from the consultation on these changes when considering the progression of the bus routing study.
Reason: To enable progression of a bus routing study and
consideration of layout options prior to a decision on whether to progress the statutory process to introduce a permanent TRO change.
iii. Instructed officers to make changes to the temporary layout to make more secure and widen to accommodate nonstandard cycles.
Reason: To ensure the temporary arrangement is secure and provides more space for cycles.