Issue - meetings

City of York Council needs to prepare a new Local Transport Plan (LTP).  The new LTP will inform transport decisions to be made by the future devolved York and North Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and comply with anticipated Department for Transport guidance on new LTPs and preparation of “pipelines of major future transport schemes”.

Resolved:

                         i.         Endorsed the proposed new Transport Strategy as the basis for the consultation;

                        ii.         Approved the proposed consultation process (Annex A to this report);

                      iii.         Approved the establishing of an Expert Group to advise the Council, the terms of reference for which are attached as Annex C to this report.

Reason:     To enable consultation to commence in November to allow a Strategy to be put before Full Council in March 2024 and adopted by City of York Council for presentation to the Mayoral Combined Authority and the newly elected mayor at the start of their term of office.

The Director of Transport, Environment and Planning introduced the report and outlined the proposal to go out to consult on the Transport Strategy and to establish an York Transport Expert Group to advise the Council. He confirmed that the strategy would go to the Economy, Place, Access, and Transport Policy and Scrutiny Committee and then the Executive Member for Economy and Transport Decision Session prior to the start of the Consultation and was then the finalised strategy would be brought to 21 March 2023 meeting of Full Council.

The Executive member for Economy and Transport welcomed the opportunity to launch the consultation for the strategy. He noted that the proposed strategy would meet the objectives in the Council Plan. He stated that the consultation would need to reach people across the city including hard to reach groups.

Members discussed the Council’s plans to reach net zero carbon emissions and it was confirmed that Council strategies on car parking and clear air would follow the Transport Strategy.

Resolved:

                         i.         Endorsed the proposed new Transport Strategy as the basis for the consultation;

                        ii.         Approved the proposed consultation process (Annex A to this report);

                      iii.         Approved the establishing of an Expert Group to advise the Council, the terms of reference for which are attached as Annex C to this report.

Reason:     To enable consultation to commence in November to allow a Strategy to be put before Full Council in March 2024 and adopted by City of York Council for presentation to the Mayoral Combined Authority and the newly elected mayor at the start of their term of office.