Issue - meetings

This report asks Members to approve the City of York Local Transport Plan Mid-Term Report for submission to the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber, and ultimately the DfT, by the required deadline.

Note:  Annex A to this report has been made available to view on the website but copied to Members only, as a separate document.  Copies can be obtained on request from Democratic Services (contact details at the foot of this agenda).

RESOLVED: That the draft LTP2 Mid-Term report be approved for submission to the Government Officer for Yorkshire and the Humber (GOYH) in December 2008 and that authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy and the Executive Member to approve the final report.

REASON:      To ensure that the report can be submitted by the deadline set by GOYH.

Members considered a report which presented for their comment and approval a draft version of the City of York Local Transport Plan Mid-Term Report, prior to submission of the final Report to the Government Office for Yorkshire and Humber, and subsequently to the Department for Transport (DfT), by the required deadline.

The draft Report had been circulated to Members and made available on the Council’s website.  Guidance from the DfT stated that the Mid-Term Report should be ‘a concise analysis of the progress of an authority in implementing its second Local Transport Plan.’  Authorities were required to review delivery of their Local Transport Plan (LTP) during the first two years of the LTP2 period (April 2006 to March 2008) and to look forward to the remainder of the period, up to March 2011.  The Mid-Term Report therefore provided an opportunity for the Council to review its progress against the aims of LTP2 and to consider the changes that had affected York since its publication and the issues and opportunities for the remainder of the LTP2 period.

Members commented that the Report was generally satisfactory, with trends in the City showing above average improvement.  Traffic levels had risen by only 4% in the past ten years, targets for walking and cycling to work had been achieved two years ahead of schedule and there had been a steady reduction in road casualties.

Having noted the comments of the Shadow Executive on this item, it was

RESOLVED: That the draft LTP2 Mid-Term report be approved for submission to the Government Officer for Yorkshire and the Humber (GOYH) in December 2008 and that authority be delegated to the Director of City Strategy and the Executive Member to approve the final report.¹

REASON:      To ensure that the report can be submitted by the deadline set by GOYH.