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The following Notices of Motion had been submitted in Accordance with Procedure Rule 12:

1.       M6, J17 – Future Growth and Investment

Proposed by Councillor B Moran and seconded by Councillor G Baggott

At M6, Junction 17, the delivery of the Local Plan depends on the ability of people to make reliable journeys on Highways England’s strategic road network and that the adjacent local roads can cope with the additional traffic that will need to safely access and exit the Junction into the future. The arrival of the HS2 Hub at Crewe will place more demands on the road network in this area, but the growth of traffic on the M6 should not be at the expense of more congestion on local roads which will affect local journeys.

Future investment by Highways England into a major upgrade of Junction 17 should be a key consideration of Transport for the North as they commence their process of developing a Strategic Transport Plan for the North which will be the basis for determining Highways England’s future programme. Consultation on this Plan starts in the New Year and I propose that the Portfolio Holder for the Environment, in conjunction with the Executive Director for Place, include within the Council’s response, support for an early inclusion of a major scheme to improve capacity at Junction 17 in Highways England’s next investment period.  

This Motion reflects the question raised by Fiona BruceMP, in the House of Commons on 30 November 2017. This concerned the need for improvements at Junction 17 to be prioritised in Transport for the North’s Strategic Transport Plan, in order for Cheshire East Council to deliver continuing high levels of economic growth.

RESOLVED:

That the Motion stand referred to Cabinet.

2.       UK100 Clean Energy by 2050

Proposed by Councillor S Corcoran and seconded by Councillor S Hogben.

This Council acknowledges;

·       the historic commitments made at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris toward the future of renewable energy;

·       our responsibility to help secure an environmentally sustainable future for our residents and in relation to the global effects of anthropogenic climate change.

This Council subsequently notes that;

·       despite the Paris Agreement placing no binding commitments upon Local Government institutions, we as a Council can still play our part in the global movement towards a sustainable energy future;

·       additional benefits of the development of green industries include the potential to create well-paid, high-skilled employment locally, regionally and nationally;

·       the UK100 Agreement pledge outlines the ambition for the UK regions to exceed the Paris Climate targets through achieving 100% ‘clean energy’ usage by 2050.

In light of this, this Council therefore resolves to;

·       match the ambitions of the UK100 Agreement through pledging to achieve 100% clean energy across Cheshire East Council’s full range of functions by 2050  (defined as 70% from fully renewable sources [Wind, Water, Solar], with the remainder from other low CO2 forms of energy production, in line with ambitious post-2040 energy mix forecasts;

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