Agenda item

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.