Decision details

Approve the annual programme of Traffic Management Capital Schemes & authorise the detailed development, consultation, preparation & delivery of these scheme subject to the satisfactory completion of any necessary orders & statutory processes.

The Chief Officer Highways and Transportation has:

i)  Reviewed and approved the prioritised list of Traffic Management Capital schemes to the sum of £210,000 as identified in Appendix A for the 2021/22 capital year allocation;

ii)  Approved the design, consultation and (subject to the making of any necessary Traffic Regulation Orders – be this Speed Limit, Waiting/ Movement Restriction Order or Experimental Order), the implementation of the approved programme of works as detailed in Appendix B of this report;

iii)  Given authority and requested the City Solicitor to advertise any Traffic Regulation Orders as listed in Appendix A (Speed Limit, Waiting/ Movement Restriction Order or Experimental Order and any related traffic calming measures and proposals pursuant to The Local Government Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1976 in relation to Hackney Carriages) as required to address/ resolve the problems identified for each scheme, and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Orders and proposals as advertised;

iv)  Will receive such other further reports as may be needed to address any objections received to advertised Orders or other matters arising from the detailed scheme proposals; and

v)  gave authority to incur expenditure of £210,000 (inclusive of any legal fees, staff fees and works costs) which will be funded by way of £200,000 from the Traffic Management Capital Programme and £10,000 from a Flood Risk Management contribution; and to commence the detailed design, consultation and implementation of the schemes described in Appendix B of this report; and

vi)  approved the injection of a £10,000 contribution from Flood Risk Management into the Traffic Management Capital Programme 2021/22.

No external consultations have been undertaken at this stage.  The majority of the schemes in the proposed programme have originated from local communities; either from Ward Members, local residents or businesses.  As the works programme develops, consultation on each individual scheme will be carried out as appropriate.

Executive Member for Climate Change, Transport and Sustainable Development, Ward Members, Parish & Town Councils, Emergency Services, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, local residents and businesses.