Issue - meetings

To give consideration to the progress made to date in developing the next Local Transport Plan

Consideration was given to a report setting out the progress made in developing the Councils next Local Transport Plan, providing an early assessment of the emerging issues from the ongoing public and stakeholder engagement and examined the next steps in the process to develop the Local Transport Plan.

The Committee focussed its discussions around the emerging issues and agreed the following priority order:

1. Maintenance of roads and footpaths (timetable to be provided)
2. A more ‘integrated’ transport network and a need to reduce dependency on the car including improved public transport between our Market Towns and to the wider area (such as Manchester and Stoke)
3. The need for flexible/innovative transport solutions in rural areas.
4. The need to tackle congestion ‘hotspots’.
5. The importance of ‘sustainable’ development, the importance of ensuring that the transport implications of development are fully mitigated and that ‘Travel Plans’ are much more strongly enforced.

The Committee also agreed that additional funds would need to be included in the budget for 2011/2012 to address the issues surrounding the condition of the roads particularly pot holes and that more effort should be made to ensure that Travel Plans are implemented.

RESOLVED

That the Portfolio Holder for Prosperity be recommended to give consideration to the above priority order and additional funding requirements.