Agenda item

Report from the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment.

Recommendations:

That Cabinet agrees: -

1.    To commence the feasibility work detailed in sections 2 and 4 of this report to evaluate the introduction of Moving Traffic Enforcement under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

2.    That the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire Police be consulted on the principle of the Council taking on moving traffic offence enforcement.

3.    That the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority be consulted regarding locations where bus lane enforcement would be beneficial to improve journey time reliability; and

4.    That a report be brought back to Cabinet with the results from this feasibility work and recommendations on whether or not to progress to an application to the Department for Transport for Designation of these powers under the above regulations.

Consideration was given to the report which provided an update on progress towards approval of the Full Business Case (FBC) for the jointly mandated Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Air Quality Improvement Plan. The Plan enabled the implementation of all air quality improvements identified over the last 4 years to achieve compliance with the Government’s National Air Quality standards. A number of Rotherham specific schemes had been approved by Cabinet in March 2021 and these were now progressing to implementation.

It was reported that the proposed reduced speed limit on the Sheffield Parkway would be subject to statutory advertisement in the first half of 2022 with implementation upon completion expected in November 2022. The goods vehicle prohibition on Wortley Road north-west bound was expected to go live in February 2022 and construction of the improvement junction at Rawmarsh Hill and Bellows Road had already commenced with completion expected in late Spring/early Summer 2022.

The proposal was to delegate authority to the Strategic Director, Regeneration and Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy and the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, so that they were able to agree to the submission of the FBC to Government which was being compiled by Sheffield City Council as the lead partner for the scheme.

It had been proposed in the report that the FBC be submitted to Government by 31st March, 2022. However, it was reported at the meeting that the deadline was to be removed from the recommendation. Whilst it was still hoped that the FBC would be submitted to Government by 31st March, 2022, the removal of the date allowed for more flexibility if that deadline were to be missed.

Resolved:-

1.    That Cabinet delegate responsibility to the Strategic Director, Regeneration and Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy and the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, to jointly submit, with Sheffield City Council, the Rotherham and Sheffield Full Business Case to Government.

2.    That Cabinet delegate responsibility to the Strategic Director, Regeneration and Environment, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Jobs and the Local Economy and the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, to commence procurement for any necessary infrastructure, goods and services to implement the mitigating measures.

3.    That Cabinet agree to receive a further report on Rotherham’s clean air proposals should Government require significant changes once Government has assessed the proposals in the Full Business Case.