Lead Member – Councillor Kirstie Hurst-Knight, Portfolio Holder for Children and Education

Report of Mark Barrow, Executive Director of Place

RESOLVED:

To approve

1.1.     To approve an application for Moving Traffic Offences Powers to use ANPR cameras from the Department for Transport to launch a rolling programme of School Streets across Shropshire

1.2.     To approve an 18 month pilot of 6 School Streets across Shropshire to include full monitoring and evaluation using an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO). This pilot will include full monitoring and evaluation for 1 year where a decision will be made whether to amend the scheme, make it permanent or withdraw the scheme.

1.3.     To approve that on receipt of the full report findings of the 6 pilot schools, a paper to be presented to cabinet with final recommendations.

1.4.     To approve that any surplus arising from enforcement of School Streets be reinvested back into the School Streets project to enable the continued rollout across the county.

Lead Member – Councillor Kirstie Hurst-Knight, Portfolio Holder for Children and Education, introduced the report and thanked the School Travel Plan Co-ordinator for her efforts in bringing six School Street pilots to fruition across Shropshire to include full monitoring and evaluation using an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order.

A member asked if CIL could be used to fund such schemes and the Leader endeavoured to look into this. 

RESOLVED:

1.1.     To approve an application for Moving Traffic Offences Powers to use ANPR cameras from the Department for Transport to launch a rolling programme of School Streets across Shropshire

1.2.     To approve an 18 month pilot of 6 School Streets across Shropshire to include full monitoring and evaluation using an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO). This pilot will include full monitoring and evaluation for 1 year where a decision will be made whether to amend the scheme, make it permanent or withdraw the scheme.

1.3.     To approve that on receipt of the full report findings of the 6 pilot schools, a paper to be presented to cabinet with final recommendations.

1.4.     To approve that any surplus arising from enforcement of School Streets be reinvested back into the School Streets project to enable the continued rollout across the county.