Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration

The report provides an overview on the importance of encouraging cycling and an update on the various activities the Council and its partners undertake to promote cycling.

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to note the report and comment on the approach to encourage cycling within Stockport.

Officer Contact: Sue Stevenson on 0161 474 4351 or email: sue.stevenson@stockport.gov.uk

The Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an overview of the importance of encouraging cycling and providing an update on the various activities that the Council and its partners undertook to encourage cycling.

The Executive Councillor (Supporting Places) (Councillor Martin Candler) attended the meeting to respond to Members’ questions.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Support was given to the principle of segregated cycling and trying to avoid possible conflicts between motorists and cyclists.

·         A Member queried whether the amount of money spent on cycling initiatives was appropriate for the number of people who used them.

·         A number of individual cycle schemes had been monitored in Greater Manchester in order to identify the type of interventions that encouraged cycling but this had identified that a bespoke approach was required for each situation and that the background context of the location was influential in future cycle usage.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.