Decision details

The report will set out the work that has been completed under the five year CRSTS package in years 1 and 2 and the remaining projects that will form the rest of the five year programme. The proposals detail the full allocation of the £8.6m, with some slight over programming included to ensure CRSTS Casualty Prevention Programme allocation is fully spent from the five year CRSTS. The projects contained in this programme have been developed through a number of studies.

These include the major Sites for Concern and Lengths for Concern, which have been produced annually since 1990 and have led to the design and delivery of the most successful road safety projects to date. The report summarises the annual Pedestrian Crossing Review which has informed the list of new crossings/upgrades. In addition it covers elements aligned to wider road safety initiatives such as safety cameras, education and speed limit requirements.

The Chief Officer Highways & Transportation agreed to:

i)  Note the contents and recommendations of this report including the continued application of the innovative approach to road casualties looking beyond the traditional ‘sites’ and ‘lengths’ processes; and

ii)  Note the increased focus on education and enforcement to support the traditional engineering programme; and

iii)  Note the work undertaken over the 2023/24 financial year with respect to the previously approved casualty prevention programme; and

iv)  Review and approve the updated five year programme of casualty prevention schemes (Appendix A) and give authority to commence any detailed design, consultation and implementation of the schemes described in Appendices B, C and E to this report; and

v)  Give authority to incur expenditure of £5,587m for the remaining 3 year works programme of the 5 year CRSTS funding, comprising of £3,952m of new funding for 2024/45 financial year; and

vi)  Note that spend to date for years 1 and 2 of this CRSTS programme (March 2024) is estimated at £3.013m. The remaining £5,587m funds will enable the delivery of the remaining 3 year programme of projects detailed in Appendix  B, to conclude the five year £8.6m City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement; and

vii)  Give authority to request the City Solicitor to draft and advertise any Traffic Regulation Orders (Movement Order, Waiting Restriction Order or Experimental Order) as required to address/ resolve the problems identified for each scheme as detailed in Appendix A, and if no valid objections are received, to make, seal and implement the Orders as advertised; and

viii)  Approve with reference to the powers contained in Section 66(4) of the Highways Act 1980, that relevant lengths of footway proposed as cycle tracks (detailed in Appendix A) are removed and that following the removal of the footways, cycle tracks are constructed under the powers contained under the provisions of section 65(1) of the Highways Act 1980 for segregated or shared joint use by pedal cyclists and pedestrians; and

ix)  Give authority to request the City Solicitor to draft and advertise a Notice under the provision of Section 90C of the Highways Act 1980 for the implementation of traffic calming as necessary to facilitate the listed schemes; and

x)  Give authority to display notices on site under the provision of Section 23 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to inform the public of the proposed formal pedestrian crossings and respond to any communications received in this regard as appropriate; and

xi)  To receive such other and further reports as may be required to address any objections received to advertised notices or other matters arising from the detailed scheme proposals; and

xii)  Note that reports will be submitted on an annual basis over the course of the CRSTS settlement to detail progress made against the five year programme and any proposed amendments to the list of approved projects.

Schemes within the programme will each receive individual consultation with Executive Member for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure and Ward Members.

Executive Member for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure

Ward Members