Agenda item

The Community Assembly Manager and the Community Assembly Highways Link Manager submitted a joint report containing proposed allocations from the Central Community Assembly Highways Budget 2012/13.

9.1

Public Questions

Members of the public raised questions and the following responses were provided:-

• Burnaby Crescent was included in one of the proposed 20 mph zones.

• Whilst Parking Services staff generally finished work in the evenings, there was a Night-time Enforcement Team working in Hillsborough, who would be able to undertake enforcement duties after normal working hours.

9.2

Decision Taken

RESOLVED: That the Community Assembly:-

(a)

notes the information on the proposed allocations from the Central Community Assembly’s Highways Budget 2012/13, as detailed in the report now submitted;

(b)

regard having been had to the Sheffield City Strategy and to the relevant guidance of the Secretary of State, confirms its belief that the granting of funding as envisaged in this report is likely to achieve the promotion and improvement of the social and environmental wellbeing of residents of the Central Community Assembly area;

(c)

allocates the following sums from the Central Community Assembly Highways Budget 2012/13:-

Project

Amount (£)

Speed Indication Device Rotation and New Sites

2,664.00 plus 415 for each new site

Walkley Traffic Review – Implementation

12,500

Bundle of yellow lines

Up to 10,000

Minor 20 mph Zone Works

5,000

PFI-related complementary work

Up to 9,500; and

(d)

delegates authority to the Community Assembly Highways Link Officer and Community Assembly Manager to adjust the precise sums within the areas of spend outlined in paragraph (c) above, and to apply any underspend from 2011/12 to the same projects.

9.3

Reasons For The Decision

The purpose of the Highways Budget is to respond to local requests for highway improvements.  Traffic and parking is one of the Central Community Assembly Plan priorities.  The 2012/13 budget of £40,000 will only allow for small schemes to be implemented in this financial year, but the proposals set out in the report respond to requests from local residents, and build on the work carried out through the Walkley Traffic Review last year

9.4

Alternatives Considered and Rejected

Several alternative options for spend had been considered, but had not currently been recommended for funding, including an additional Speed Indication Device at a cost of £7,000, alternative sites for locating Speed Indication Devices and alternative sites for yellow line markings.