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This report presents the Draft ‘Framework’ version of the City of York’s Local Transport Plan for the period 2011 onwards (LTP3), and seeks approval of its release for public consultation in October 2010.

[Please note that the documents referred to under Annex C are available on the Council’s web-page www.york.gov.uk/ltp3. Hard copies of the documents can be obtained by contacting either the report author or the Democracy Officer, contact details below]

RESOLVED:            That the Executive Member for City Strategy agrees to:

i)                    Note the content of the report, particularly Annex B which contains the draft Framework LTP3;

ii)                  Approve the Draft Framework LTP3 (including its annexes), as contained at Annex B to the report, for consultation, subject to the following amendments:

·        Page 101 (Improve the Public Realm) – delete “20mph zone/s” and replace with “Review and change, where appropriate, vehicle speed limits”

·        Page 106 (Implement Behavioural Change) – delete “investigate workplace charging”

·        Update the narrative and para. 4.17 (Road accidents: page 84) being updated to include the latest figures. 

iii)                Approve the city wide consultation procedure as contained in paragraph 24 of the report;

iv)                Approve the supporting information to the draft Framework LTP3, as listed under Annex C, which can be found on the Council’s website at  www.york.gov.uk/ltp3 

REASON:      To enable the commencement of consultations on a draft ‘Framework LTP3’ required to prepare the city’s Local Transport Plan 3, before the current LTP expires on 31 March 2011.

Consideration was given to a report, which presented the draft ‘Framework’ version of the City of York’s Local Transport Plan for the period 2011 onwards and sought approval of its release for public consultation in October 2010.

Officers confirmed that all the supporting information to the draft framework LTP3 could now be found on the Council’s website.

The Executive Member reported receipt of additional comments from Cllr Merrett which he confirmed would be passed to Officers for consideration at the appropriate time. He pointed out that the authority was reaching a critical point in the development of the transport strategy, which would guide investment in the City over at least the next decade. He stated that it was important to focus available resources where they could produce best value for money whilst building on the success of the public transport and cycling initiatives and making use of emerging low emission technologies.

The Executive Member referred to a number of slight amendments to the draft Framework which required inclusion in the final document.

RESOLVED:             That the Executive Member for City Strategy agrees to:

i)                    Note the content of the report, particularly Annex B which contains the draft Framework LTP3;

ii)Approve the Draft Framework LTP3 (including its annexes), as contained at Annex B to the report, for consultation, subject to the following amendments:

·        Page 101 (Improve the Public Realm) – delete “20mph zone/s” and replace with “Review and change, where appropriate, vehicle speed limits”

·        Page 106 (Implement Behavioural Change) – delete “investigate workplace charging”

·        Update the narrative and para. 4.17 (Road accidents: page 84) to include the latest figures. 

ii)                  Approve the city wide consultation procedure as contained in paragraph 24 of the report;

iv)Approve the supporting information to the draft Framework LTP3, as listed under Annex C, which can be found on the Council’s website at  www.york.gov.uk/ltp3^1.

REASON:                  To enable the commencement of consultations on a draft ‘Framework LTP3’ required to prepare the city’s Local Transport Plan 3, before the current LTP expires on 31 March 2011.