Issue - meetings

1.     Members agree the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) attached at Appendix A is agreed and adopted.

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Following consideration of a draft LCWIP at GPSCS&I Committee in October 2024, Officers have made further amendments and redrafted the LCWIP for adoption (Appendix A).This updated document reflects the previously agreed amendments detailed at GPSCS&I which were based on the analysis of the response to the public consultation held from 22 May to 17 July 2023.

The LCWIP is a 10-year plan which enables Three Rivers district to benefit from central government funding to improve walking and cycling routes.

Recommendation

That Members agree that the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) attached at Appendix A is adopted.

The Principal Sustainable Transport Officer presented the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP), a strategic approach to planning active travel networks which align with the national cycling and walking infrastructure investment strategy.  The LCWIP also enables Three Rivers District to benefit from government funding to improve walking and cycling routes.

The Principal Sustainable Transport Officer reported that the LCWIP had been subject to public consultation in 2024, with the results brought to the Committee in October 2024 along with proposed changes to routes.  These route changes were now reflected in the updated LCWIP.  Also included were the results of additional engagement with residents’ associations, the Parish Council, and other stakeholders in Chorleywood.  The document had been re-formatted to improve accessibility for readers, and sections about the consultation process and feedback had been expanded.

Once approved by the Council, the document would require formal adoption by Hertfordshire County Council, following which any new routes would need to undergo a process of project validation and feasibility studies by Herts Highways officers before being consulted on as detailed designs.

The Principal Sustainable Transport Officer reported that the recommendation in the report required updating, to reflect that the LCWIP would be subject to adoption by Full Council on 8 July.

Councillor Rainbow moved, and Councillor Lloyd seconded, that the Committee approves the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) attached at Appendix A and recommends its adoption by Full Council.

Councillor Cooper moved, and Councillor Alley seconded, an amendment to remove routes 8, 14 and W17 from the LCWIP.  A recorded vote was requested.  On being put to the vote the amendment fell, the voting being 3 for Councillors Campbell, Alley and Cooper), 6 against (Councillors King, Sian, Rainbow, Raeburn, Gazzard and Lloyd), 0 abstentions.

On being put to the vote the substantive motion was carried, the voting being 6 for, 3 against, 0 abstentions.

RESOLVED:

That the Committee approves the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) attached at Appendix A and recommends its adoption by Full Council.