Decision details

Highways England A428 Supplementary Consultation Response

Decision of:

Councillor Massey. Executive Councillor for Transport and Community Safety

Reference:

20/URGENCY/P&T/13

Date of decision:                        

29.7.20

Recorded on: 29.7.20 

Decision Type:

Non Key Decision

Matter for Decision:

To ensure that the Council responds within the consultation period, the Executive Member is now seeking to finalise the attached joint response with respect to those paragraphs which relate to Cambridge City Council outside of the committee cycle

Why the decision had to be made (and any alternative options):

The A428 does not pass through Cambridge; however the scheme has potential transport impacts on the city. Highways England has identified the Council as a relevant local authority, and has asked it to comment on the scheme as part of the public consultation process.

The Executive Councillor’s decision(s):

To support the principle of the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet improvements subject to the relevant points raised in the joint response and behalf of the City and South Cambridgeshire Councils.

Reasons for the decision:

As set out in the briefing note https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/ecSDDisplay.aspx?NAME=SD1535&ID=1535&RPID=66262935

Scrutiny consideration:

The Chair and Spokesperson of the Planning and Transport Scrutiny Committee were consulted prior to the action being authorised.

Report:

A report detailing the joint response is attached

https://democracy.cambridge.gov.uk/ecSDDisplay.aspx?NAME=SD1535&ID=1535&RPID=66262935

Conflicts of interest:

None known

Comments:

None