Issue - meetings

This report sets out a revised scheme proposal for Jockey Lane cycle and pedestrian improvements in response to various issues that have arisen since the previous scheme was approved.

The Executive Member considered a report which set out a revised scheme proposal in response to various issues that had arisen since the previous scheme was approved.

Resolved:  That Option ii be approved i.e. the scheme as proposed in Annex C of the report be implemented, with the exception of the proposed Toucan crossing facility which should be made a Parallel Crossing facility as soon as national regulations make this possible, and a Zebra in the meantime (as per Annex D of the report).  In addition, the savings achieved from changing the form of crossing facility be used to enable a full carriageway resurfacing scheme between the New Lane and Kathryn Avenue junctions.

Reason:     There would be significant advantages in implementing the scheme with the amended crossing proposals shown in Annex D.  This should bring down the overall cost of the scheme to around £115k and the savings would release money to allow a full resurfacing scheme to be carried out in conjunction with the proposed maintenance allocation.

The Executive Member considered a report which set out a revised scheme proposal in response to various issues that had arisen since the previous scheme was approved.

Officers stated that there had been a change in terminology used and that references in the report to “tiger crossings” should be replaced with “parallel crossings”.

The Executive Member considered the following options:

·        Option i:     Implement the scheme as proposed in Annex C (with a Toucan crossing)

·        Option ii:    Implement the scheme with a Zebra Crossing point as shown in Annex D now and replace it with a Parallel Crossing when it is legal to do so.

·        Option iii:   Postpone the project until the legislation is in place to introduce a Parallel Crossing on Jockey Lane without doing the Interim Phase Annex D.

·        Option iv:   Do nothing.

Resolved:  That Option ii be approved i.e. the scheme as proposed in Annex C of the report be implemented, with the exception of the proposed Toucan crossing facility which should be made a Parallel Crossing facility as soon as national regulations make this possible, and a Zebra in the meantime (as per Annex D of the report).  In addition, the savings achieved from changing the form of crossing facility be used to enable a full carriageway resurfacing scheme between the New Lane and Kathryn Avenue junctions.

Reason:     There would be significant advantages in implementing the scheme with the amended crossing proposals shown in Annex D.  This should bring down the overall cost of the scheme to around £115k and the savings would release money to allow a full resurfacing scheme to be carried out in conjunction with the proposed maintenance allocation.