Issue - meetings
LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN
Meeting: 11/04/2011 - City Council (Item 123)
123 Plymouth's Third Local Transport Plan - adoption 
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To consider the recommendation in Cabinet minute 140 to adopt Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Plan.
Cabinet Member: Councillor Wigens
CMT Lead Officer: Director for Development and Regeneration
Additional documents:
Minutes:
The Council considered the recommendation of Cabinet, contained in minute 140, on the adoption of Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Plan, together with the written report of the Director for Development and Regeneration which had been submitted to Cabinet.
Councillor Wigens (Cabinet Member for Transport) presented Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Plan for adoption and reported that the draft plan had been the subject of a 12 week consultation exercise.
Councillor Lock seconded the proposal.
During the debate, the following points were raised -
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officers were congratulated on the document and the briefing given to them; |
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there were concerns about vehicle emissions, the reduction in policing in relation to crime statistics and flood risk assessments; |
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the impact of the withdrawal of bus services on the transport objective to link communities together; |
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following an undertaking by Councillor Wigens with regard to a review of subsidised buses, officers had indicated that there were no plans to review services; |
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the drainage, parking and road markings around the market were of concern and that the bollards would be removed shortly; |
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there would be no reduction in the numbers of police community support officers this year and that Chief Superintendent Andy Bickley had been asked to brief all councillors on policing arrangements.
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CouncillorWigens undertook to follow up Councillor Vincent’s comments on air quality and would provide details to him when the areas of concern were known. He also undertook to follow up Councillor Williams’ comments on a review of subsidised bus services. The services were all reviewed at least annually and when individual requests were received.
Agreed that Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Planis adopted.
Meeting: 29/03/2011 - Cabinet (Item 140)
140 PLYMOUTH'S THIRD LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN - ADOPTION PDF 3 MB
Minutes:
The Director for Development and Regeneration submitted a written report seeking formal adoption of Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Plan for the period 2011 – 2026.
The report provided a summary of feedback received following a 12 week consultation period and indicated that the draft plan had been updated to reflect the comments.
Councillor Wigens (Cabinet Member for Transport) advised Cabinet Members that the plan provided a strategy to ensure the best use of land and assets. He referred to –
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the reconfiguration of the Manadon interchange which had increased traffic flow;
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measures to entice people to make greater use of public transport;
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the Eastern Corridor Transport Scheme which was a key scheme in the programme; and
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the reliability of public transport , which was a key issue, and indicated that he, and officers, were working with the bus and rail companies to improve the position.
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In response to a question from Cabinet Members, Clive Perkin (Assistant Director for Transport) indicated that it was his intention to increase the deployment of camera cars to address illegally parked cars around schools.
Agreed Plymouth’s Third Local Transport Plan as the transport strategy for Plymouth for the next 15 years and to submit it to Full Council for formal
adoption.
(In the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair took the Chair for this item).