Issue - meetings

This report sets out the representations made during the six month period of the Fossgate Experimental Traffic Regulation Order and asks the Executive Member to decide how this scheme should proceed.

Resolved:                     That the Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (the reversal of the one way and change to the access restriction in Fossgate) be made permanent.

Reason:                        Because the experiment has achieved the objective of reducing the volume of through traffic. In addition, there has been very little in the way of representations against the experiment.

The Executive Member considered a report setting out representations made during the six-month period of the Fossgate Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (TRO). The report asked the Executive Member to decide how this scheme should proceed.

The Officers confirmed that part of the capital budget had been allocated to the refurbishment of Fossgate and the report on its physical infrastructure would be presented to the Executive Member in the future.

The Executive Member highlighted that the decision related exclusively to making the reversal order permanent. Some of the issues highlighted in public participation would, therefore, be considered at a later stage. With this in mind, it was then

Resolved:                     That the Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (the reversal of the one way and change to the access restriction in Fossgate) be made permanent.

Reason:                        Because the experiment has achieved the objective of reducing the volume of through traffic. In addition, there has been very little in the way of representations against the experiment.