Agenda item

Report from the Assistant Chief Executive.

Recommendations:

1.    That Cabinet receive the recommendations and Council Officer proposed measures as detailed in Section 3 of this report.

Consideration was given to the report which explained that, at the Council meeting on 13th April, 2022, a petition with 622 valid signatures had been received in respect of a request to improve road safety on Cumwell Lane/Kingsforth Lane. As the petition met the threshold for consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board, a meeting was held on 11th May, 2022, to receive representations from the lead petitioners and also hear from the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment and officers.

The Overview and Scrutiny Management Board made 7 recommendations which were:

1.      That the call for action as outlined in the petition be supported.

2.      That the proposed actions outlined by the Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment be supported.

3.      That an evaluation be undertaken by the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment and the Speed Camera Partnership to assess the feasibility of installing average speed cameras on Cumwell Lane/Kingsforth Lane.

4.      That this evaluation includes benchmarking of comparable local authorities with average speed cameras in their areas, any learning from the installation and their impact on road safety.

5.      That Cabinet and the Speed Camera Partnership be asked to support the resourcing of the infrastructure required for the installation and maintenance of average speed cameras on Cumwell Lane/Kingsforth Lane, should their feasibility be established.

6.      That the Council’s response to and lessons learnt from the fatal traffic incidents in 2018 and 2019 on Cumwell Lane/Kingsforth Lane be circulated to Board Members and the Lead Petitioner by the Strategic Director for Regeneration and Environment.

7.      That an update on progress in respect of the recommendations outlined, be provided to this Board in 6 months with a further report to be provided to Improving Places Select Commission in 12 months.

All of the recommendations had been accepted by Cabinet and at least 50% of the actions outlined in paragraph 3.1 of the report had already been completed. However, the decision on whether to implement average speed cameras would take longer as an evaluation was required to assess the feasibility.

Resolved:-

1.    That Cabinet receive the recommendations and Council Officer proposed measures as detailed in Section 3 of this report.