1 The Highways and
Transport Committee shall be responsible for developing policies
and making decisions on matters relating to highways and transport
as they affect the area of the Council taking into account regional
and national influences.
2 The
Committee’s responsibilities include:
2.1 formulation, co-ordination and
implementation of corporate policies and strategies in connection
with all car parking, transport and accessibility matters;
2.2 determination of any matter
affecting the Council’s interests in relation to national
infrastructure matters, for example HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail
and the National Road Network;
2.3 discharge of the Council’s
responsibilities as Highway Authority; local transport authority;
parking authority; and lead local flood authority
2.4 determination of policies and
making decisions in relation to flooding and accessibility, in
co-ordination with the Scrutiny Committee;
2.5 compulsory purchase of land to
support the delivery of schemes and projects promoted by the
Committee; and
2.6 In respect of public
rights of way:
2.7 discharge all the functions of
the Council in relation to public rights of way (except the
determination of non-contentious Public Path Order applications
which has been delegated to the Executive Director –
Place);
2.8 discharge of Commons and Town
and Village Greens functions;
2.9 being apprised of, approve, and
comment on a range of policies, programmes and practices relating
to Rights of Way, Commons, Town and Village Greens and countryside
matters including;
2.10 progress reports on implementation of the
Rights of Way Improvement Plan (part of the Annual Progress Review
for the Local Transport Plan);
2.11
Statement of Priorities;
2.12
Enforcement Protocols;
2.13
Charging Policy for Public Path Order applications.
3 Oversight, scrutiny,
reviewing outcomes, performance, budget monitoring and risk
management of the Directorate of Highways and Infrastructure
including: Transport Policy; Transport Commissioning; Car-parking;
Highways; Infrastructure and HS2.