Issue - meetings

Combined Authority Key Route Network

This report outlines proposals for a Key Route Network (KRN) for York and North Yorkshire, including the process determining how highway routes are identified for inclusion in the KRN. The report also highlights the responsibilities that require the local highway authorities and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) to deliver roles to ensure the effective operation and improvement of the KRN.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Resolved:

i. Approved Option 3’s (found in the report) proposals for a Key Route Network in the City of York Council area ahead of submission for approval to the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority;

ii. Noted the linked Key Route Network being

developed by North Yorkshire Council.

Reason: To support the future improvement of City of York

Council’s strategic highway links and local delivery of

Movement and Place Plan priorities.

Minutes:

The Director of Environment, Transport and Planning introduced the report, outlining the options available for proposed roads to be included within the Key Routes Network. The Council was required to submit to the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority its recommendation for which roads would be within this network. Officers noted that roads included within the network would receive funding for improvement and maintenance from the Combined Authority, but would reduce the Council’s autonomy over said roads.

The Executive Member for Transport spoke in favour of approving option 3 which would see the York Outer Ring Road and external ‘A’ Roads added to the Key Route Network. She suggested that this approach would leave open the option to seek additional roads added to the Key Routes Network at a later date, while maintaining authority over more of the network while the Council developed and delivered its own strategies.