Issue details
Acomb Front Street – Phase 2 Design and Costings
Purpose of the Report:
In October 2023, Executive agreed that £570,000 of UK Shared
Prosperity Fund monies (UKSPF) be allocated to the development and
implementation of the Acomb Front Street Phase 2 Project, including
further engagement with residents and businesses.
In February 2024, the Executive Member for Economy & Transport
approved the content of a programme of open public engagement, to
seek feedback on costed designs and ideas for the Phase 2
scheme.
In July 2024, Executive will be provided with feedback from the
public engagement exercise and recommended to approve the high
level principles and practical next steps for the project,
alongside agreeing that a public decision on the final scheme
design and costings will be delegated to the Executive Member for
Economy & Culture.
Subject to the necessary delegation approvals at the July Executive
meeting, the purpose of this report will be to recommend the final
costed designs for Acomb Phase 2 and seek the necessary approvals
from the Executive Member to proceed with implementation of the
scheme.
Executive will be asked to
• Approve the implementation of the final costed scheme design
for Acomb Front Street
Phase 2
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Decision Made
Wards affected: Acomb Ward; Holgate Ward; Westfield Ward;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 17/06/2024
Decision due: 24/09/24 by Decision Session - Executive Member for Economy and Culture
Lead member: Deputy Leader of the Council and Executive Member for Economy and Culture
Lead director: Corporate Director of Place
Contact: Kathryn Daly email: kathryn.daly@york.gov.uk; kathryn.daly@york.gov.uk.
Consultation process
The Acomb Front Street Phase 2 public
engagement commenced on 26 February 2024 and ran to 24 March 2024.
The purpose of the open public engagement work was to test the
ideas set out in the Phase 2 project scope and determine the
community priorities in the context of the cost and desirability.
Learnings from the previous community consultation (Future of Acomb
Front Street Study 2021) and community petition July 2023 were also
carried forward.
The public engagement sought feedback on :-
• enhancing the area through better placemaking, creating a
more people friendly space and reducing the number of
bollards
• creating a more accessible destination, with wider, more
generous pedestrian crossing points, new accessible toilet
facilities and improved blue badge parking
• extending the benefits beyond the high street to better
connect local amenities
• longer-term aspirations, including but not limited to
looking how to reduce the vehicle dominance in Front Street or the
adoption of private frontages
An accessible mix of engagement methods were used to allow for the
greatest reach into the community, including in person public
meetings/drop-in events, stakeholder meetings and online survey,
plus paper-based format.
The community response was tremendous and generated 900 completed
surveys, and more than 5,000 comments to be analysed.
The Executive report in July 2024 included a detailed summary of
the engagement feedback received to inform the high level
principles and next steps for the project.
Equality Impact Assessment Completed?: EIA will be included as part of the report.