Issue - meetings

The Director of Transport, Environment and Planning to present a report which provides an update on the new enforcement powers for Local Authorities under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and asks Executive to agree that the council seek these powers and to support an application for extended powers under the TMA, with a pilot.

Resolved:  (i)      That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment, Transport & Planning to write to the Chief Constable seeking support for the Council to take on the responsibilities for enforcement of part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

                   (ii)      That a public consultation on implementation on Traffic Management on the responsibilities for enforcement of part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 as per Department for Transport guidance be approved.

(iii)     That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment, Transport & Planning to apply to the Department for Transport to take on the responsibilities for enforcement of part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

(iv)    That approval be given to explore a pilot scheme, and that authority be delegated to the Executive Member for Transport to make the decision on implementation.

(v)     That authority be delegated to the Executive Member for Transport to approve the further roll-out and enforcement of extended regulations.

Reason:     To ensure that the safety of the Highway network is further strengthened.

The Corporate Director of Place and the Head of Highways & Transport presented a report which provided an update on the new enforcement powers for Local Authorities under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 and asked Executive to support an application for extended powers under the TMA, with a pilot.

The extended powers would allow the council to share with the police the ability to enforce moving traffic restrictions, including banned turns, access restrictions, and yellow box junctions.  Full signage requirements were set out in Annex A to the report.  Before applying for the powers, the council must gain a letter of support from the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police and conduct a consultation exercise to obtain feedback from the public on the local authority’s application of the new powers. 

If the powers were granted, it was proposed to conduct a pilot scheme with selected powers in a specific area (i.e. the banned right turn out of Lendal) in order to test the practicalities before rolling out the implementation further.

Resolved:  (i)      That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment, Transport & Planning to write to the Chief Constable seeking support for the Council to take on the responsibilities for enforcement of part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

                   (ii)      That a public consultation on implementation by Traffic Management of the responsibilities for enforcement of part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, as per Department for Transport guidance,  be approved.

(iii)     That authority be delegated to the Director of Environment, Transport & Planning to apply to the Department for Transport to take on the responsibilities for enforcement of part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

(iv)    That approval be given to explore a pilot scheme, and that authority be delegated to the Executive Member for Transport to make the decision on implementation.

(v)     That authority be delegated to the Executive Member for Transport to approve the further roll-out and enforcement of extended regulations.

Reason:     To ensure that the safety of the Highway network is further strengthened.