Issue - meetings

This report sets out a proposal for allocating the additional road safety funding in the 2009/10 financial year.  Members are asked to approve the proposals outlined in this report to commence on 1 April 2009.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member for City Strategy to approve the proposals outlined in the report and summarised in Annex A, page 224.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

 REASON:   The Council has a target to achieve a 45% reduction in killed and serious injury (KSI) casualties by 2010. The proposal should contribute towards this casualty reduction target and will help to ensure that the Council is successful in securing road safety grant funding until 2010/11. The proposal ensures that the grant allocation is spent on road safety behaviour change projects linked to the evidence base.

Members considered a report, which set out a proposal for allocating the road safety funding in the 2009/10 financial year. Officers referred to Annex A, page 223 of the report, which were draft proposals and had been included in error.

Officers reported that casualty reduction was the principal objective of the Road Safety Strategy included in the Second Local Transport Plan. Details were given of progress against the Council’s casualty targets and it was reported that the 2007 injury figures were the lowest on record.

Members were reminded that the Council had agreed a ‘one-off’ growth item of £120,000 to support speed reduction initiatives in the city, £90,000 of which would go towards the 95 Alive Speed Initiative the remaining monies going towards speed limit initiatives.

Members referred to awareness training offered to hgv and bus drivers by certain Local Authorities to raise their awareness of the cyclists perspective of other drivers and traffic and questioned the feasibility of funding this from the grant. Officers confirmed that East Yorkshire Motor Services did include this as one of their training modules but stated that they could pick this point up at one of their Business Breakfast events.

In answer to the Executive Member’s questions in relation to the additional staff required to deliver these schemes, Officers confirmed that three temporary 1-year posts were required.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Advisory Panel advise the Executive Member for City Strategy to approve the proposals outlined in the report and summarised in Annex A, page 224. ^1.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

RESOLVED:That the advice of the Advisory Panel be accepted and endorsed.

 REASON:   The Council has a target to achieve a 45% reduction in killed and serious injury (KSI) casualties by 2010. The proposal should contribute towards this casualty reduction target and will help to ensure that the Council is successful in securing road safety grant funding until 2010/11. The proposal ensures that the grant allocation is spent on road safety behaviour change projects linked to the evidence base.