Issue - meetings

This report sets out a revised scheme proposal in response to a land ownership problem that has arisen since the previous Jockey Lane scheme was approved.

Resolved:           That the Cabinet Member:

(i)           Delegates authority to the Director of City and Environmental Services to make alterations to the scheme to incorporate the Safety Audit in Annex C.

(ii)          Requires the Director of City and Environmental Services to be satisfied as to the safety of the scheme.

Reason:              In order to receive additional information in regards to safety.

The Cabinet Member considered a report which set out a revised scheme proposal for the Jockey Lane pedestrian and cycle scheme due to a land ownership problem which had arisen since the previous scheme was approved by the Cabinet Member in November 2013.

Regarding a comment raised about further alterations such as a right hand turn into The Range, Officers commented that this would have an impact on the access road and although the budget allocation for the scheme had increased this would not pay for the right hand turn.

In response to comments raised about resurfacing the road beyond the area proposed Officers reported that a reassessment would be carried out when the access road to Monks Cross stadium was developed. They added that following a recent meeting about the access roads a new design had been produced which included the reduction of tactiles and removal of elephant’s feet. This was a change to an original submission as detailed in Annex C to the report.

Officers reported that a Safety Audit had said that the elephant’s feet should be removed as it gave cyclists a false sense of security and suggested that signs be amended to show that vehicles going into and out of the accesses had priority. The Cabinet Member pointed out that since cyclists and cars needed to be in the area that signs should highlight that cyclists may be present in the area. Officers informed the Cabinet Member that they were in the process of responding to the Audit to come up with an approach that was safest.

The Cabinet Member felt that he was not comfortable making amendments to the scheme at the meeting and suggested that Officers should incorporate the Safety Audit. Regarding other issues which had been raised such as the right hand turn into the Range and the extension of the resurfacing, he felt these proposals were more costly and so should not be revisited by Officers.

Resolved:           That the Cabinet Member:

(i)           Delegates authority to the Director of City and Environmental Services to make alterations to the scheme to incorporate the Safety Audit in Annex C.

(ii)          Requires the Director of City and Environmental Services to be satisfied as to the safety of the scheme.

Reason:              To address the land ownership problem as outlined in the report.