Agenda and minutes

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It was reported that there had been one registration to speak at the meeting under the Council’s Public Participation Scheme, and that three Members of Council had also requested to speak in relation to the Called-In item.

Cllr Galvin, addressed the meeting on behalf of the Corporate & Scrutiny Management Committee. He expressed his support for referral back of the decision in view of the various issues raised, at the call-in meeting, relating to the Jockey Lane scheme. In particular future proposals for additional highway works in the area by the community stadium developers.

Paul Hepworth, spoke on behalf of the Cyclists’ Touring Club, to request Members to support the delineation of the cycleway where it crossed the two side roads on Jockey Lane. He referred to Department of Transport guidance on the subject and to the variance of advice received from Safety Audits on previous schemes.

Cllr Orrell, as one of the Call-In Members, referred to discussions on this scheme over a number of years. He outlined the history of the scheme and to the cost in comparison to other schemes in the city. He requested Members to take account of comments made and confirmed that the Parish Council had now made application for Tree Preservation Orders on trees in Jockey Lane.

Cllr D’Agorne, also as one of the Call-In Members, referred to the use of ‘elephant’s feet’ road markings on University Road in the city, as previously suggested for access roads as part of this improvement scheme. He suggested that the proposals put forward for Jockey Lane would not indicate that cyclists had priority and this would be a weak link in the safe route for cyclists around the city.

To approve and sign the Minutes of the last meeting of the Committee held on 25 November 2014.

Resolved:           That the minutes of the last meeting of Cabinet (Calling-In) held on 25 November 2014 be approved and signed by the Chair as a correct record.

To reconsider the decisions taken by the Cabinet Member for Transport at his Decision Session on 11 December 2014 regarding the above item, following a request to do so by the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Committee (Calling In) at their meeting on 19 January 2015. 

Members received a report which asked them to re-consider the decisions made by the Cabinet Member, at his Decision Session held on 11 December 2014, in relation to revisions made to the Jockey Lane Pedestrian and Cycle Improvement Scheme.

Details of the Cabinet Members decision were attached at Annex A to the report and the original report of the Director of City and Environmental Services, to the Decision Session, attached at Annex B.

The decision had been referred back to Cabinet by the Corporate and Scrutiny Management Committee (CSMC). This followed the calling-in of the Cabinet Members decisions, by Councillors D’Agorne, Orrell and Runciman. It was noted that whilst the Members continued to support improvements on Jockey Lane, they had a number of concerns, and had called in the decision on the following grounds:

·                    Proper consideration was not given to the installation of a right turn into the Range store as requested by Ward Members in 2013 and again in 2014

·                    The failure to include the updated design of the cycle route across the access roads in the published documents meaning that comments could not be made on the proposals.

·                    Proper consideration was not given to the request by Ward Members to resurface a greater section of Jockey Lane

·                    The positioning of the Toucan crossing close to Kathryn Avenue traffic lights.

Cabinet noted that CSMC had supported referral back of the decision with a recommendation that Cabinet should consider the issues raised by the Calling-In Members, in relation to the Jockey Lane scheme as part of the wider Community Stadium project. This followed receipt of a letter sent to ward members, on behalf of Greenwich Leisure Ltd, at Annex C, which set out details of a number of additional transport measures which they would be providing as part of the new community stadium complex.

The Chair confirmed that he had attended the CSMC (Calling-In) meeting and heard, in full, all the points raised, including those by the Local Members and the Cyclists’ Touring Club in relation to the call-in of this decision.  He acknowledged that, owing to the short timescales between meetings, Officers had had insufficient time in which to examine all the points raised in detail. In light of this he moved and it was

Resolved:           That Option a) be approved and that the Cabinet Member for Transport’s decision (Minute 8) in respect of proposed revisions to the Jockey Lane Pedestrian and Cycle Improvement Scheme be deferred and that the Director of City and Environmental Services be asked to undertake further work on the scheme to take account of the reasons given for call-in and the additional points made and report back to a future public Cabinet Member for Transport, Planning and Economic Development Decision Session. ^1.

Reason:              To enable the called-in matter to be dealt with efficiently and in accordance with the requirements of the Council’s Constitution.