Issue - items at meetings - Petition from Rufforth Parish Council suppporting the proposal for a cycle route from Rufforth to Acomb

This report advises Members of the receipt of a petition from residents of Rufforth requesting that a cycle route be provided between Rufforth and Acomb.

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to

(i) Note the content of the petition, and ask officers to continue to provide support to the steering group;

(ii) Reply to the lead petitioner.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

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

REASONS: (i) To enable the proposed scheme to be properly assessed and for accurate costs to be calculated to enable it to be prioritised against other potential cycle schemes for potential capital programme funds. Also to provide advice on alternative sources of funding to the steering group to better the chances of implementation.

(ii)To inform them of the panel’s decision.

Members received a report which advised Members of the receipt of a petition from residents of Rufforth requesting that a cycle route be provided between Rufforth and Acomb.

There were two main options available to members:

· That council officers continue to provide limited support as and when required for the steering group to work up a scheme for potential inclusion in future capital programmes should funding become available. This work may include such tasks as scheme cost estimation and any highway-related work required to link the route into the highway network at either end and to cross the A1237 safely. The work could also involve helping the group to identify potential external sources of funding to pay for the cycle route, should it be feasible, to increase the probability of a route being provided if full or partial council capital funding cannot be guaranteed.

· To discontinue investigation into the possibility of providing a cycle route.