Decision details

To consider the introduction of a 20mph zone covering Eastfield Avenue.

This report has been deferred from 11 December

Advice of the Advisory Panel

That the Executive Member for City Strategy be advised to :

(i)       approve, in principle, the scheme as shown in Annex B;

(ii)               authorise further area-wide local consultation on the proposed scheme, including advertisement of the necessary Traffic Regulation Order;

(iii)             delegate authority to the Director and Executive Member for City Strategy to make a decision on the scheme progressing, including the making of the necessary Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), following consideration of the consultation feedback, including any objections to the TRO, at an Officer In Consultation  (OIC) meeting;

(iv)              to include the implementation of this scheme as a spending option when the 2006/07 Transport Capital Programme is reviewed (under another item on this agenda) or, if this is not possible, to considered it when the 2007/08 Transport Capital Programme is determined.

Decision of the Executive Member for City Strategy

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

REASON:                  To help address local concerns over traffic speeds.