Agenda item

Called-in Item: 2009/10 City Strategy Capital Programme Budget Report

Meeting of Executive (Calling-In) - for meetings from 17/04/07 to 04/05/11, Tuesday, 7 April 2009 2.00 pm (Item 12.)

To reconsider the decision taken on 31 March 2009 regarding the above item, if requested to do so by the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling-in) meeting on 6 April 2009.

The report on this item was published as part of the agenda for the Executive meeting held on 31 March and the agenda for the Scrutiny Management (Calling-in) meeting to be held on 6 April 2009. The links to those agendas on the Council’s website are provided below.

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.asp?CId=102&MId=3588&Ver=4

http://democracy.york.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.asp?CId=602&MId=3668&Ver=4

Minutes:

Members re-considered the decisions they had taken at the Executive meeting on 31 March 2009 regarding the schemes within the City Strategy Capital Programme planned for delivery and options for the use of additional funding expected from the Regional Funding Allocation.

The Executive decisions on this item had been called in by Cllrs Scott, Potter and Merrett and subsequently considered by the Scrutiny Management Committee (SMC) (Calling In) at a meeting on 6 April 2009. The SMC (Calling In) had resolved:

“That Option B be approved and that the matter be referred back to the Executive with a recommendation that they approve Option 2 [in the original report to Executive], on the basis that it complies with the Local Transport Plan.”

Having re-considered their decisions in the light of the advice of the SMC (Calling In) it was

RESOLVED: That the decisions taken on this item at the Executive meeting on 31 March 2009 be amended to read as follows:

“(i) That the base 2009/10 City Strategy Transport Capital Programme be approved as set out below (amendments to the list at Annex 1 to the report highlighted in bold), subject to the addition of the cycling schemes agreed under the previous item (Minute 212 refers).

	Scheme	09/10 Cost £k	Location
1. Access York Phase 1	New Access York Phase 1 CYC Study	1,047.00	Dringhouses, Rural West and Rawcliffe
2. Outer Ring Road	Hopgrove Roundabout	300	Huntington
3. Outer Ring Road	Access York Phase 2 RFA top up	200	Rawcliffe
4. Multi-Modal Schemes	Fulford Road Multi-Modal Scheme	600	Fulford Fishergate
5. Multi-Modal Schemes	Blossom Street Multi-Modal Scheme	500	Micklegate
6. Multi-Modal Schemes	Fishergate Gyratory Multi-Modal Scheme	150	Fishergate Guildhall
7. Air Quality, Congestion & Traffic Management	New Urban Traffic Management and Control (UTMC)	100	All
8. Air Quality, Congestion & Traffic Management	Purchase of Air Quality monitoring equipment	30	All
9. Park & Ride	New P&R Site Upgrades Scheme	25	Several
10. Park & Ride	New P&R City Centre Bus Stop Upgrades	25	Micklegate Guildhall
11. Public Transport Improvements	Haxby Station Study Work to develop Major Scheme Bid for new station (not included in base budget) RFA top up	250	Haxby
12. Public Transport Improvements	New Bus Location and Information Sub-System (BLISS) Scheme Ongoing programme of improvements	100	All
13. Public Transport Improvements	New Bus Stop & Shelter Programme Scheme Ongoing programme of improvements	50	Several
14. Public Transport Improvements	A59/Beckfield Lane Junction Improvements Scheme Completion of 2008/09 scheme	25	Acomb
15. Public Transport Improvements	New Dial & Ride Vehicle Scheme Purchase of new vehicle for Dial & Ride service	80	Several
16. Walking	Haxby Village Pedestrian Audit (Phase 2) Scheme Programme of upgrades to high priority routes to services	50	Haxby
17. Walking	New Minor Pedestrian Schemes Budget Scheme Provision of minor improvements to network throughout the year	40	All
18. Walking	New Dropped Crossing Budget Scheme Provision of dropped kerbs at locations requested by residents	35	All
19. Walking	New Pedestrian Scheme Development Study Development of future years schemes	10	All
20. Cycling	New Lendal Hub Station Scheme New secure cycle parking facility	270	Micklegate
21. Cycling	Cycle margin and track surface upgrades	54	Several
22. Cycling	Other Cycling City Schemes Scheme Implementation of Cycling City programme	211	Several
23. Cycling	New Crichton Avenue Scheme Kingsway North to Wigginton Road	575	Clifton
24. Cycling	Wigginton Road (Hospital) Scheme Development of scheme at northern end of route	100	Clifton
25. Cycling	New Bootham Crossing Scheme Implementation of new crossing at southern end of Hospital Grounds route	75	Clifton Guildhall
26. Cycling	New Access to Station Study Feasibility work on link from Post Office Lane to station	10	Micklegate
27. Cycling	New Cycle Minor Schemes Scheme Allocation to undertake minor works throughout the year	25	Several
28. Cycling	New Cycling Scheme Development Study Development of future years schemes	20	Several
29. Development- Linked Schemes	Barbican to St George's Field Route Scheme Implementation of works to improve pedestrian facilities	125	Fishergate
30. Development- Linked Schemes	Approaches to Hungate Bridge Study Link to Navigation Road, New James St Link Road Phase 2 Study	20	Heworth
31. Safety Schemes	New Local Safety Schemes Implementation of safety schemes at casualty cluster sites	74	Several
32. Safety Schemes	New Speed Management Schemes Implementation of schemes to address speeding issues	75	Several
33. Safety Schemes	New Danger Reduction Schemes Improvements at sites where there is a perceived danger issue	50	Several
34. Safety Schemes	New Safe Routes for 'Playbuilder' Schemes Study/ Schemes Study (and potential implementation) of safe routes to new 'Playbuilder' sites	50	Several
35. School Schemes	- Safe Routes to School Schemes to be confirmed	200	Several
36. School Schemes	- School Cycle Parking Schemes to be confirmed	50	Several
37. Safety Schemes	New Village Accessibility Review Study Review of junctions to produce priority list of schemes	25	Several
38. Village accessibility review implementation	Mill Lane/Wigginton Road, Dunnington/Common Lane/A1079, Deighton/A19, Towthorpe/Strensall Road and A64 junctions east of York (e.g. Hazelbush).	250	Haxby, Derwent, Wheldrake, Strensall
Carryover Commitments	Allocations to previous years schemes	616	Various
	Total Integrated Transport Programme	6,492.00
	Total Integrated Transport Overprogramming	990
Including £450k of £2.777m (2009/10 -2010/11) RFA Supplement	Total Integrated Transport Budget	5,502.00

REASON: To implement the Council’s transport strategy, as identified in York’s second Local Transport Plan (LTP).

(ii) That consideration of the use of the balance of the supplementary LTP allocation provided by the Regional Transport Board be deferred and that Officers be requested to provide a comparison of the administrative and planning resources that would be required to implement either of the following expenditure profiles over the next two years:¹

		£k
Option 1	ORR Roundabout Improvement Scheme implementation	2077
	Haxby Station Preparatory Works (10/11)	50
	Access York Phase 2 Preparatory Work (10/11)	200
	Total	2327

Option 2	Access York Phase 1 (Additional elements) 10/11	477
	Fulford Road (Bus Priorities) 10/11	400
	Access to Station (Access Ramp) (10/11)	250
	Cycling Network Maintenance	200
	LTP/LAA Targets Review	250
	Village accessibility review additional works (10/11)	500
	Haxby Station Preparatory Works (10/11)	50
	Access York Phase 2 Preparatory Work (10/11)	200
	Total	2327

REASON: To enable further consideration to be given to these matters before a final decision is made.

(iii) That Officers be requested to undertake such accident analysis and preliminary design work as may be necessary to establish the relative costs / benefits of the schemes listed in paragraphs 37 and 41 of the report (improved pedestrian / cycle access to the railway station and improvements to the transport network for local communities), with a view to implementing these schemes as early in the capital programme as resources allow.

REASON: To ensure that the delivery of these schemes is prioritised.”

REASON: In accordance with the calling-in procedure and to take account of the advice offered by the Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In).