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.