Decision details

Traffic Management Capital Programme 2019/20

Reference: D49768

Decision Maker: Director of City Development

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: Yes

Purpose:

The Chief Officer for Highways & Transportation to 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.

Decision:

The Chief Officer (Highways & Transportation);

 

i)  reviewed and approved the prioritised list of Traffic Management Capital schemes to the sum of £200,000 as identified in Appendix A for the 2019/20 capital year allocation;

 

ii)  approved the design, consultation and subject to the making of any necessary Traffic Regulation/Speed Limit Orders, the implementation of the approved programme of works as detailed in Appendix B of this report;

 

iii)  gave authority and requested the City Solicitor to advertise any Traffic Regulation Orders as listed in Appendix A (Speed Limit, Waiting Restriction Order or Experimental Order) 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 as advertised;

 

iv)  requested the City Solicitor to draft and advertise a Notice under the section 90C of the Highways Act 1980 for the implementation of traffic calming features;

 

v)  agreed to 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

 

vi)  gave authority to incur expenditure of £200,000 inclusive of any legal fees, staff fees and works costs which will be funded from the Traffic Management Capital Programme; and to commence the detailed design, consultation and implementation of the schemes described in Appendix B of this report.

 

Reason Key: Affects more than 1 ward;

Wards Affected: (All Wards);

Other reasons / organisations consulted

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.

Consultees

Ward Members, Parish & Town Councils, Emergency Services, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, local residents and businesses.

Contact: Nick Borras, Senior Engineer - Traffic Management (0113) 3787497 Email: nick.borras@leeds.gov.uk.

Publication date: 17/06/2019

Date of decision: 25/06/2019

Effective from: 03/07/2019

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