Issue - meetings

To advise the Executive Member of the proposed response to receipt of a petition requesting a 20mph speed limit for Fulford Cross and Danesmead near the Steiner School, the Danesgate and Bridge Centre.

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

i)Note the relative priority of the petition set out in the table (Annex A) in relation to other petitions and requests received.

ii)No further action being taken at the current time in relation to Fulford Cross and Danesmead but that the streets be considered with others on the list when the resources for 2011/12 are being allocated.

REASON:                  To progress requests and petitions against the agreed criteria and in priority order and to enable those requests that do not comply with key elements of the criteria to be considered through other processes.

Consideration was given to a report, which had been prepared in response to the receipt of a petition requesting a 20mph speed limit for Fulford Cross and Danesmead near the Steiner School and the Danesgate and Bridge Centres.

Officers referred to the previously agreed criteria for prioritising petitions and requests for 20mph speed limits on residential roads in the city. The criteria had specified that petitions would be included in a list of schemes to be prioritised rather than dealt with separately.

The Executive Member confirmed that this scheme could legitimately be moved up the priority table as a section of each road was close to a school. However speeds in the area were generally low and the priority was to deal with those locations where there had been casualties.

With this in mind he considered the following options:

Option one - Agree the prioritisation position for the petition and delay implementation to a future year, subject to funding and await the outcome of the LTP3 consultation before undertaking any further implementation in relation to Fulford Cross and Danesmead.

Option two – Do not agree the current prioritisation but still await the outcome of the LTP3 consultation process.

Option three – Do not agree the current prioritisation and position the petition request higher up the table ahead of other schemes currently planned for delivery during 2010/2011.

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

i)Note the relative priority of the petition set out in the table (Annex A) in relation to other petitions and requests received.

ii)No further action being taken at the current time in relation to Fulford Cross and Danesmead but that the streets be considered with others on the list when the resources available for 2011/12 are being allocated. ^1.

REASON:                  To progress requests and petitions against the agreed criteria and in priority order and to enable those requests that do not comply with key elements of the criteria to be considered through other processes.