Issue - items at meetings - Pedestrian Crossing Priority Locations.

Report of the Strategic Director, Place (copy attached).

1.       That the Transport Committee approves the priority crossing list and grants permission for officers to begin implementing the prioritised pedestrian crossing locations where funding has been identified. Where crossing points require higher funding levels these should be acknowledged and identified as part of future work plans.

2.         That the Transport Committee authorises officersto carry out the necessary statutory consultation and subject to the outcome of that consultation construct the prioritised pedestrian crossings for which funding has been identified within the financial year 2012/13.

33.1               The Committee considered a report of the Strategic Director, Place that presented the findings of the 2012/13 priority list for crossing locations and requested permission to install those identified within the 2012/13 financial year.

33.2               Councillor West stated that he was pleased the Transport Committee was seeing the benefit of the new priority listing scheme recommended by the Environment Scrutiny Panel. He was particularly pleased at the inclusion of Coldean Lane as a priority action.

33.3               Councillor Theobald stated that he was awaiting information on a crossing on Carden Avenue. He asked when this would be installed.

33.4               The Transport Planner replied that this would be installed by April 2013.

33.5               RESOLVED-

1)       That the Transport Committee approves the priority crossing list and grants permission for officers to begin implementing the prioritised pedestrian crossing locations where funding has been identified. Where crossing points require higher funding levels these should be acknowledged and identified as part of future work plans.

2)         That the Transport Committee authorises officersto carry out the necessary statutory consultation and subject to the outcome of that consultation construct the prioritised pedestrian crossings for which funding has been identified within the financial year 2012/13.