Agenda item

That this Council:-

(a)       recalls the motion tabled to this Council on 4^th April, 2012, which highlighted the millions of pounds the Coalition Government is investing in Sheffield’s roads, buses, trams and trains;

(b)       welcomes the announcement since that meeting of a Government investment of £58 million into a Tram/Train pilot for Sheffield and Rotherham;

(c)        notes that this investment will provide dozens of new jobs, boost the local economy, and put South Yorkshire on the cutting edge of green transport;

(d)       understands that the results of this pilot may open the opportunity to expand the Tram/Train down similar routes to other communities, such as Stocksbridge, Woodhouse or Dore and Totley; and

(e)       notes with pleasure the support for Tram/Train of the Council Leader and the Cabinet Member for Transport and praises Liberal Democrats in Government, in particular the MP for Sheffield Hallam, for securing this investment for Sheffield.

It was moved by Councillor Ian Auckland, seconded by Councillor Alison Brelsford, that this Council:-

(a)       recalls the motion tabled to this Council on 4^th April, 2012, which highlighted the millions of pounds the Coalition Government is investing in Sheffield’s roads, buses, trams and trains;

(b)       welcomes the announcement since that meeting of a Government investment of £58 million into a Tram/Train pilot for Sheffield and Rotherham;

(c)        notes that this investment will provide dozens of new jobs, boost the local economy, and put South Yorkshire on the cutting edge of green transport;

(d)       understands that the results of this pilot may open the opportunity to expand the Tram/Train down similar routes to other communities, such as Stocksbridge, Woodhouse or Dore and Totley; and

(e)       notes with pleasure the support for Tram/Train of the Council Leader and the Cabinet Member for Transport and praises Liberal Democrats in Government, in particular the MP for Sheffield Hallam, for securing this investment for Sheffield.

Whereupon, it was moved by Councillor Leigh Bramall, seconded by Councillor Chris Rosling-Josephs, as an amendment,  that the Motion now submitted be amended by:-

(1)       the substitution, in paragraph (a), of the words “highlighted the millions of pounds the Coalition Government is investing in Sheffield’s roads, buses, trams and trains” by the words “called upon the Government to fund a number of projects critical to improving the transport infrastructure of the Sheffield City Region”;

(2)       the deletion, in paragraph (e), of all the words after the word “notes” and their substitution by the words “the work of several local partners to secure this investment including the Council, all Sheffield MPs and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive”; and

(3)       the addition of a new paragraph (f) as follows:-

(f)         supports the Leader of the Council’s joint letter with other relevant local authority leaders calling on the Government to press ahead with the electrification of the Midland Mainline.

On being put to the vote, the amendment was carried.

It was then moved by Councillor Robert Murphy, seconded by Councillor Jillian Creasy, as a further amendment, that the Motion now submitted be amended by the addition of two new paragraphs as follows:-

()          believes that the transportation of bicycles on trains is an important part of an integrated transport policy; and

()          will make efforts to ensure that this service is not lost on replacement tram/trains.

On being put to the vote, the amendment was carried.

RESOLVED:  That this Council:-

(a)       recalls the motion tabled to this Council on 4^th April, 2012, which called upon the Government to fund a number of projects critical to improving the transport infrastructure of the Sheffield City Region;

(b)       welcomes the announcement since that meeting of a Government investment of £58 million into a Tram/Train pilot for Sheffield and Rotherham;

(c)        notes that this investment will provide dozens of new jobs, boost the local economy, and put South Yorkshire on the cutting edge of green transport;

(d)       understands that the results of this pilot may open the opportunity to expand the Tram/Train down similar routes to other communities, such as Stocksbridge, Woodhouse or Dore and Totley;

(e)       notes the work of several local partners to secure this investment, including the Council, all Sheffield MPs and South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive;

(f)         supports the Leader of the Council’s joint letter with other relevant local authority leaders calling on the Government to press ahead with the electrification of the Midland Mainline;

(g)       believes that the transportation of bicycles on trains is an important part of an integrated transport policy; and

(h)        will make efforts to ensure that this service is not lost on replacement tram/trains.