Issue - meetings
CONSULTATION ON NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT LOCAL CYCLING AND WALKING INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
Meeting: 12/10/2022 - Royston and District Committee (Item 54)
To inform Members of a six week public
consultation on the draft North Hertfordshire District Local
Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) running from 26
September to 7 November 2022.
Additional documents:
- Appendix 1 North Herts District LCWIP - Final Report (3).pdf, item 54
PDF 5 MB
- Appendix 2 North Herts LCWIP Final Report Combined Appendices.pdf, item 54
PDF 14 MB
Decision:
RESOLVED: That the Committee:
(1) Notes the report;
(2) Be encouraged to individually and through the Area Committee, respond to the North Hertfordshire District LCWIP consultation draft attached as Appendix 1, and encourage residents and local organisations to do so too.
Minutes:
Audio Recording – 15 minutes 10 seconds
The Senior Transport Policy Officer presented the report entitled Consultation on North Herts District Local Cycling & Walking Infrastructure Plan and highlighted the following key points:
· These plans set out improvements to walking and cycling infrastructure in Royston, Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock & Knebworth among others;
· The consultation is running until the 7th November and is entirely online;
· Now is the time for debate; to show opposition or support to ideas, before the consultation period ends.
The following Members asked questions:
· Councillor Gerald Morris
· Councillor Adam Compton
· Councillor Ruth Brown
In response to questions the Senior Transport Policy Officer advised:
· The budget will be what the Council can secure out of a national budget; money is already being handed out to certain projects;
· Priority has been identified by a sense of a need for better infrastructure in a certain area. Page 108 details the top twenty highest scoring prioritised routes;
· One of the objectives of the consultation is to identify objectives, priorities and hierarches of need.
Councillor Tony Hunter as Chairman proposed and Councillor Jean Green seconded and, following a vote it was:
RESOLVED: That the Committee:
(1) Notes the report;
(2) Be encouraged to individually and through the Area Committee, respond to the North Hertfordshire District LCWIP consultation draft attached as Appendix 1, and encourage residents and local organisations to do so too.
The Senior Transport Policy Officer informed the Committee that there would be a community drop-in event the Monday following from 3.15pm until 7pm in the Committee room.