Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Project Delivery & Environment Manager. The report outlined new suggested schemes for 2013/14 and requested that the Committee determine whether the proposed minor traffic regulation order (TRO) schemes, listed in Appendix E of the Officer’s report should be allocated funding from NAC’s remaining joint minor highway works budget.

 

The Project Delivery & Environment Manager brought the report up to date by stating Riverside Bridge Community Noticeboard could be discounted from the list of Environmental Improvement Programme (EIP) projects; and that Brimley Road School Warning Signs should be added to the list of Appendix E TRO schemes at a cost of £750.

 

New Schemes That Require Decisions

Members considered a number of 2013/14 schemes put forward for approval.

 

Members of the public made comments and asked a number of questions, as set out below.

 

1.       Mr Bond made the following points:

 

·       Supported funding being allocated to the hanging baskets in Chesterton High Street.

·       Suggested that Elizabeth Way Bridge was subject to repetitive vandalism, so may not be a priority for funding.

 

2.       Mrs Johnson queried progress of tree replacement verge improvement work in Castle Way. Work to date had been unsatisfactory.

 

Action Point: Andrew Preston, Project Delivery & Environment Manager to liaise with county council officers to follow up improvement work to Castle Way verges.

 

Andrew Preston, Project Delivery & Environment Manager to liaise with Alistair Wilson, Streets and Open Spaces Asset Manager regarding replacement tree planting on Carlton Way.

 

Members indicated as follows which of the feasible EIP schemes for 2013/14 they were minded to prioritise for Environmental Improvement funding:

 

1.    Cockerell Road Parking provision (minded not to prioritise nem con).

2.    Perse Way Verge Protection (minded to prioritise by 6 votes to 0).

3.    Brimley Road Grass Verges (minded to prioritise by 6 votes to 3).

4.    Alex Wood Road Grass Verges (minded not to prioritise nem con).

5.    Carlton Way Verges (minded not to prioritise nem con).

6.    Arbury Road/HansonCourt Tree Removal (minded to prioritise by 7 votes to 2).

7.    Ramsden Square / Kings Hedges Road Verge Parking (minded to prioritise by 6 votes to 1).

8.    Fen Road Traffic Calming Improvements (minded to prioritise by 9 votes to 0).

9.    Fallowfield Environmental Improvements (minded not to prioritise nem con).

10.                    Fallowfields Loop (minded not to prioritise nem con).

11.                    Fen Road / East Chesterton Halingway Access (minded not to prioritise nem con).

12.                    Mariner's Way/Cutter Ferry Close Underpass (minded not to prioritise by 7 votes to 5).

13.                    Ashfield Road Verges (minded not to prioritise nem con).

14.                    Milton Road/Green End Road (minded not to prioritise by 6 votes to 3).

15.                    Riverside Bridge Community Noticeboard (minded not to prioritise nem con).

16.                    Kinross Area New Benches (minded to prioritise by 11 votes to 0).

17.                    Hanging Baskets, High Street Chesterton (minded to prioritise by 10 votes to 0).

18.                    Green End Road Pedestrian Crossing (minded to prioritise by 7 votes to 4).

19.                    Green End Road Tree Planting (minded to prioritise by 11 votes to 0).

20.                    Brown's Field - Additional Bench (minded not to prioritise nem con).

21.                    Bramblefields Local Nature Reserve - Additional bench (minded to prioritise by 6 votes to 1).

 

Following discussion, Members resolved:

       i.          To allocate funding of £15,300 to the following schemes in Appendix A of the Officer’s report as matched funding for County Council Local Highway Improvement funding:

·       Fen Road / East Chesterton Halingway Access - £300.

·       Fallowfields Loop - £15,000.

     ii.          To allocate annual funding of £5,954 to the installation of hanging baskets on High Street, Chesterton as shown in Appendix A of the Officer’s report.

   iii.          To allocate funding of up to £50,084 to the remaining proposed projects in Appendix A of this report, namely:

·       Arbury Road / Hanson Court Tree Removal - £13,000.

·       Ramsden Square / Kings Hedges Road Verge Parking - £3000.

·       Fen Road Traffic Calming Improvements - £20,000.

·       Kinross Area – New Benches – £2,500.

·       Green End Rd Crossing visibility improvements – £2,500.

·       Green End Rd Tree Planting - £8,500.

   iv.          To approve projects for implementation, subject to positive consultation and final approval by local Ward Councillors.

    v.          To note the progress of existing schemes listed in Appendix C of the Officer’s report.

   vi.          To approve the delivery of the new minor traffic regulation orders listed in Appendix E plus Brimley Road School Warning Signs, at a total estimated cost of £5,550, funded by the remainder of the North Area Committee 2011/12 joint minor highway works budget.