The Pre-Decision Scrutiny Questions and officer responses were noted.

Final recommendation added to note reporting error.

DECISION

1.    To note the content in this report and in particular the alternative options considered in section 2 of the report.

2.    To agree the hours of operation for the Roman Road bus gateway to be 6.30am to 9.30am and 3.30pm to 7pm, Monday to Friday. 

3.    To agree the hours of operation for the Coborn Road timed closure to be 6.30am to 7pm, Monday to Friday. 

4.    To agree the following exemptions during the hours of operation for both the Roman Road bus gateway and Coborn Road timed closure: local buses, emergency services, blue badge holders, carers, Local GPs on-call, Taxicard users and Royal Mail vehicles while fulfilling their Universal Service Obligation as defined in 3.16 onwards within the report.

5.    To agree to charge a £20 annual fee for exemptions to cover the cost of administration.

6.    To agree that in line with the experimental traffic order procedures any necessary alterations are made within 6 months and the hours of operation and exemptions are reviewed between 6 and 18 months after implementation.

7.    To note the Equalities Impacts as set out in section 4 of the report and the full Equalities impact Analysis (EqIA) in Appendix B to the report.

8.    It was noted that the scheme boundary should include Clinton Road, Haverfield Road and Cadogan Terrace (from Wick Lane to Cadogan Close).

Action by:

CORPORATE DIRECTOR, PLACE (A. SUTCLIFFE)

(Divisional Director, Public Realm (D.Jones)

(Programme Director (C. Harrison)