Issue - meetings

This report presents a plan for the refurbishment of the 46 highway VMS (Variable Message Signs) currently installed around the City.

Resolved: (i) That subject to budget approval by Full Council, that £70,000 for each of the years 2016/17 and 2017/18 from LTP Funding be allocated to allow for the refurbishment of the 20 car park guidance VMS.

                (ii) That the ‘mothballing’ of the 20 Outer Ring Road VMS be undertaken to allow for their possible re-use as part of Outer Ring Road Development proposals to be considered.

Reason:    To ensure the appropriate allocation of funding to the provision of transport technology.        

The Executive Member received a report which presented him with a plan for the refurbishment of the 46 highway Variable Message Signs (VMS) currently installed around the City.

Officers suggested that some works be carried out on the Free Text Signs on the Outer Ring Road to mothball them and make them electrically safe pending a possible future decision regarding their use when money became available for the upgrade of the Outer Ring Road.

The Executive Member asked when the car park guidance insert signs for off street car parks would be back in use once refurbished. It was stated that the inner ring road Free Text signs could be completed by April 2016. The car park guidance ‘insert’ signs will be treated in two batches in the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years.

Resolved: (i) That subject to budget approval by Full Council, that £70,000 for each of the years 2016/17 and 2017/18 from LTP Funding be allocated to allow for the refurbishment of the 20 car park guidance VMS.

                (ii) That the ‘mothballing’ of the 20 Outer Ring Road VMS be undertaken to allow for their possible re-use as part of Outer Ring Road Development proposals to be considered.

Reason:    To ensure the appropriate allocation of funding to the provision of transport technology.