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Decision Maker: East Area Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
To recommend area priorities for City Council supported Local Highways Improvements in Cambridge in 2016-17.
The Committee received a report from the
Senior Engineer regarding minor / local highways improvement programme 2016-17.
The report required the Committee to consider the bids and determine a priority
list for up to 8 projects to be further considered by the Cambridge Joint Area
Committee and its nominated assessment panel.
The Committee
discussed the following issues:
i.
As a starting point 5 schemes did not appear to be
eligible these being 4, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
ii.
Requested an explanation from the Officer as to why
schemes were not eligible.
iii.
Questioned where the decision had been taken so
that only 8 schemes could be put forward by each Area Committee for
consideration by the County Council.
In response to Members’ questions the Senior
Engineer answered:
i.
It was the County Council’s
policy for residential parking schemes that the residents themselves would need
to meet the full costs of the project as the residents were the main direct
beneficiaries. The County Council were currently reviewing their parking management policy and
it was anticipated that this would be completed in late 2016.
ii.
The decision to allow
only 8 applications was a political decision that Officers lead on. Decisions would be made by the Highway and
Community Committee and the Cambridge Joint Area Committee.
Following
discussion, Members resolved (nem con) to recommend
Local Highway Improvement Schemes 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 to the Cambridge
Joint Area Committee and its nominated assessment panel for adoption.
Publication date: 18/04/2016
Date of decision: 29/10/2015
Decided at meeting: 29/10/2015 - East Area Committee
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