Agenda and minutes
Venue: Ground Floor Committee Room - Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG. View directions
Contact: Laura Wilson Senior Governance Officer
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Changes to Membership To note the resignation of Councillors Ginny Klein, Carole McCulloch and Marcia Watson from the Committee Minutes: RESOLVED to note the resignation of Councillors Ginny Klein, Carole McCulloch and Marcia Watson from the Committee. |
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Councillor Mohammed Saghir – personal reasons. |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTERESTS Minutes: None. |
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To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 14 March 2018 Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 14 March 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chair. |
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Cycling Strategy Update PDF 148 KB Report of Head of Legal and Governance Additional documents: Minutes: John Bann, Cycling and Roadspace Transformation Manager, introduced the report and delivered a presentation providing an update on the Council’s Cycling Strategy, highlighting the following:
(a)
the local Cycling and Walking Investment
Strategy is the largest in the country as it covers Nottingham
City, Nottinghamshire, Derby City and Derbyshire. This is a wide
and varied area of both urban and rural areas. The aim of the
strategy is to double cycling in the area and increase
walking; (b)
the city’s Cycle Ambition
Programme consists of a number of cycling corridors and schemes to
make cycling in the city easier. At the end of March 2018, the
programme reached financial closedown, and further funds will be
required if this is to be expanded further. Some of these
corridors, such as the Western Cycle Corridor, are complete, whilst
a few elements remain under construction; (c)
the period from 2010 to the present has seen an almost 50% increase
in cycling in Nottingham City; (d)
there is an ambition to have 15 cycle corridors into the city
centre, along with radial routes, and these will be named N1 to N15
with clear signage; (e)
the Western Cycle Corridor was reviewed following concerns about congestion
on Castle Boulevard, and some changes have been made to provide
additional capacity for cars. Improvements have recently also been
completed at Abbey Bridge and the Gregory Street junction where the
route has been moved to the other side of the road with an improved
crossing point; (f)
cycling flows on the Western Cycle
Corridor have increased by around 16% since completion. The flows
are seasonal and currently the peaks are in October and November
when students begin at the university; (g)
the Eastern Cycle Corridor is
substantially complete. At junctions to the corridor cyclists have
the right of way over motor vehicles.
Further changes will take place to provide a temporary route across
the Island Site and to upgrade a crossing over Manvers Street; (h)
the Council has put forward a proposal to Highways England for
cycling improvements on the A453 near Clifton; (i)
at the Nottingham Enterprise Zone, which
is being developed at the Boots Campus, a programme of walking and
cycling schemes is being developed. The most significant element of
this will be a new bridge over the railway line to connect the
Boots Campus and the Nottingham Science Park and tram line. The
City Council is also working with the County Council to improve
connections to Beeston and Beeston Rylands; (j)
following a bid for European funding to
deliver walking and cycling improvements along the River
Leen, £500,000 has been secured.
This funding is part of a wider project to improve the ‘blue
and green’ infrastructure in Nottingham and Derby; (k)
the Victoria Embankment has been improved with new lighting and
provision of a child’s practice bicycle track; (l)
City Council officers have visited Nottingham’s twin cities
of Karlsruhe and Ghent to learn from their cycling infrastructure,
as they both have cycling levels of over 25%. An exchange student
from Germany will be joining the Council for 6 months and
representatives from both cities will also be invited to the
National Cycle City conference, to be held in Nottingham in
2019. Keith Morgan, Principal Transport Planner, Cycling and Roadspace Transformation, updated the Committee on cycling provision at Aspley Lane as this was a specific request at the previous Committee meeting:
(m)Aspley Lane is not included as
part of the strategic cycle network, although it is recognised as a
well-used route by cyclists and an important local connection to
shops, schools and other facilities; (n) There is no specific funding available to make changes to the infrastructure on Aspley Lane, but small scale schemes could be prioritised by Councillors and funded through Area Capital budgets.
The following points were raised during the discussion which followed:
(o)
congestion affected by the Western Cycle Corridor on Castle
Boulevard should be relieved when the Southern Relief Route is open
and work in the Broadmarsh area is complete as a lot of the traffic
will be diverted; (p)
cyclists in pedestrian areas, such as
Bulwell Market, can be dangerous for pedestrians. In some cities,
cyclists are banned in peak hours and are subject to a code of
conduct but a balance has to be drawn as the Council should reduce
congestion from motor traffic; (q)
the Council is purchasing a limited number of electric bicycles
which colleagues and Councillors will have the opportunity to use
on a ‘try before you buy’ basis; (r)
cycle safety training is provided in schools throughout the city,
and there is also funding available for adult cycle
training; (s)
following the establishment of the city’s free bike hire
scheme, there is the possibility that a national company will roll
this out on a larger scale as has happened in other core
cities; (t)
monitoring of cycling behaviour will continue in order to
investigate the reasons why people have decided to switch from car
to bicycle travel; (u)
cycling around the city centre is a
particular challenge with high numbers of pedestrians, narrow
streets and the tram line. Cycling infrastructure should be
incorporated into roadspace
improvements on Collin Street, Canal Street and Carrington Street,
as well as the developments at Eastside and at the
Guildhall; (v) the cycling team is consulted on all new planning applications, and the cycle corridors are included in the Local Plan.
RESOLVED to thank John and Keith for the information provided. |
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Work Programme 2018/19 PDF 293 KB Report of Head of Legal and Governance Minutes: RESOLVED to amend the work programme to bring forward the bailiff review update, and note the work that is currently planned for the 2018/19 municipal year. |