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City of York Council |
Committee Minutes |
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Meeting |
Decision Session - Executive Member for Transport |
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Date |
16 November 2021 |
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Present |
Councillors D'Agorne |
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Apologies |
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31. Declarations of Interest
The Executive Member was asked to declare, at this point in the meeting, any personal interests, not included on the Register of Interests, or any prejudicial or disclosable pecuniary interests that he might have had in respect of business on the agenda. He confirmed he had none.
32. Minutes
Resolved: That the minutes of the Decision Session of the Executive Member for Transport and Planning held on 19 October 2021. Be approved and signed by the Executive Member as a correct record. Following the amendments to the resolution to minute 29. Tadcaster Road Sustainable Modes Improvement Scheme ‘Approved Option C - to support the officer recommendations for design revisions as summarised in the table at para 119 with the following amendments and additions:
a)Review light segregation provision;
b)Review removal of right turn pockets;
c) Review Bus Stop Bypass at Slingsby Grove;
d)Review Sim Balk Lane – Moor Lane R/B area;
e)Review proposed repositioning of Northbound Bus Stop at Slingsby Grove Shops;
f) Review position of controlled crossing Between Horseshoe and Slingsby Grove Shops;
g)Review cycle lane provision and potential for off-road route between Pulleyn Drive and Ainsty Grove;
h)Review provision of raised tables and cycle lane priorities for minor side roads off the Mount.’
33. Public Participation
It was reported that there had been one registration to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme.
Cllr Warters
raised parking around Osbaldwick, noting that the use of
residential parking schemes around the University and
Archbishop Holgates School were shifting the problems of parking
onto different parts of the city and not addressing the issue. He
also noted that on Coppergate a majority of residents voting in the
consultation voted for a return to a two way street and therefore
it should return to being a two way street.
34. Coppergate Temporary Traffic Regulation Order Proposal
Officers introduced the report and outlined the proposal for consideration on Coppergate maintaining the one way system. They noted that responses to a consultation had 49% of respondents in favour of the one way system. It was noted that the proposal was designed to address issues highlighted by a accident record from the last 10 years and to improve pedestrian and cycling on the road, it was noted that the one way system did effect bus travel times to the east of the city. The Executive Member noted the consultation results and the and thanked the Civic Trust Transport Advisory Group for working with the Council on the proposal and noted his support for feasibility work to take place.
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 form 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.
Cllr A D’Agorne, Executive Member for Transport
[The meeting started at 10.00 am and finished at 10.16 am].