Decision details
James Street Link Road Phase 2 - Stage 1 Traffic Forecast Refresh
Decision Maker: Executive Members for City Strategy and Advisory Panel, Executive Member for City Strategy
Decision status: Implemented
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Purpose:
Purpose of report: The report will consider
the study undertaken by Halcrow to re-examine the modelling
undertaken by Jacobs in 2003 in order to determine if and when
James Street Link Road Phase 2 should be constructed.
The report will also present the results of surveys undertaken on
various streets in the Heworth area to assess the increase in
traffic and extent of violations of traffic orders (for turning
restrictions etc) in the area.
The modelling will provide a commentary on the optimum time for
constructing the southern section of Phase 2 of the link road to
maximise the financial benefits and confirm, or ortherwise, if it
will coincide with the anticipated delivery programme for a private
development, off Layerthorpe, through which a section of the link
road will pass. The conditions of the Outline Planning Consent for
the development require the developer to implement this section of
Link Road. Timescale is dependent on the modelling output.
Members are asked to: Note the need for an optimum time for
constructing the southern section of James Street Link Road Phase 2
and decide whether the Council should either pursue its
construction by the developer, or instruct further work to be
undertaken to provide an estimate for its construction by the
council.
Decision:
Consideration was given to the following options:
Option 1 - Pursue the developer’s signing of the Agreement requiring him to construct the remaining southern section of Phase 2 (P2S). Under this option, the Council is expected to make a contribution from the Local Transport Plan allocation for enhancing the minor access road that would have otherwise been constructed, to the desired standard for the link road.
If the developer decides not to proceed with the development (and the Council revokes the Planning Permission) then proceed with Option 2.
Option 2 - When the outcome of negotiations with the developer is known a further report on the financial implications is submitted to EMAP for a decision to progress the commissioning of the remaining stages of the design programme so that P2S can be considered for inclusion in the 2009/10 capital programme.
Advice of the Advisory Panel
That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to
(i) Note the report and its Annexes;
(ii) Await the outcome of negotiations with the developer and when they are known, a further report on the financial and legal implications be submitted to a future City Strategy EMAP meeting for a decision to be considered on:
· Pursuing the developer’s signing of the Agreement requiring them to construct the remaining southern section of Phase 2 (P2S)
· Authorising the commissioning of the remaining stages of the design programme to enable P2S to be considered for inclusion in the 2009/10 capital programme.
Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy
RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.
REASON: Themodelling undertaken for the short remaining southern section of James Street Link Road shows that it would enhance the performance of Phase 1 and relieve congestion on several roads in the Foss Basin area of the city now and in the future. The initial financial assessment showed that this should be constructed as soon as possible to generate the most benefit. The Council also needs to be clear of the position and that of the developer regarding the development of the site off Layerthorpe through which the Link Road is to run, in order for it to reach a decision as to whether the developer or the council should fund the construction of the final section of the link road and when it should be constructed.
Publication date: 21/10/2008
Date of decision: 20/10/2008
Decided at meeting: 20/10/2008 - Executive Members for City Strategy and Advisory Panel
Effective from: 23/10/2008
Accompanying Documents:
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