Decision details

Purpose of Report: The Coppergate Temporary Traffic Regulation Order restricting traffic to one way only, with cycling contraflow, ends in December 2021. A decision is needed on whether to submit an application to the Secretary of State to extend the order (to allow an extension to the arrangement until full consideration is reached as to whether or not to make the arrangement permanent) or to revert to the previous two way operation.

The Executive Member will be asked to make a decision on whether to submit an application to the Secretary of State to extend the order (to allow an extension to the arrangement until full consideration is reached as to whether or not to make the arrangement permanent) or to revert to the previous two way operation.

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.