Decision details

To approve the annual programme of Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) & 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 & Transportation) was requested to:

Review and approve the prioritised list of Traffic Management Capital schemes to the sum of £230,000 as identified in Appendix A for the 2023/24 capital year allocation.

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

Give authority and request the City Solicitor to advertise any Traffic Regulation Orders as listed in Appendix A (Speed Limit or Waiting/ Movement Restriction Order and any related traffic calming measures) 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;

To receive further reports resulting from objections received to any of the advertised orders, or other matters arising from the scheme proposals; and

Give authority to incur expenditure of £230,000 which will be funded entirely from the Traffic Management Capital Programme.

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.

The Executive Member for Infrastructure and Climate has been briefed.

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