Issue - meetings

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

The report details a proposal for the introduction of a signed concessionary cycle route through Bramall Park, following the successful bid for funding from the Department for Transport via the Cycle City Ambition Grant 2.

The Area Committee is requested to comment on the report and recommend that the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration gives approval to the proposals outlined in Section 2.2 of the report.

Officer contact: Mark James on 0161 474 2077 or email: mark.james@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal for the introduction of a signed concessionary cycle route through Bramall Park, following the successful bid for funding from the Department for Transport via the Cycle City Ambition Grant 2.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         It was commented that it was difficult to make a judgment on a single element of what was a much larger scheme.  In response it was stated that this element of the scheme needed to be brought forward as there was a lead-in time for the procurement of the lighting columns which would be required to complete these works.

·         It was suggested that a bidirectional mixed use cycle route through the park may bring a variety of users into conflict with each other.

·         There were significant health benefits to be derived through the active promotion and provision of cycling routes.

·         It was noted that the Friends of Bramhall Park had not opposed the principle of the creation of the cycle route through the park.

RESOLVED – (1) That the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be recommenced to give approval to the introduction of a signed concessionary cycle route through Bramall Park as detailed in Section 2.2 of the report.

(2) That Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration be requested to ensure that any subsequent proposals relating to the implementation of the wider scheme to provide cycle safety improvements in and around Cheadle Hulme as part of the successful bid for funding from the Department for Transport via the Cycle City Ambition Grant 2 be remitted back to the Area Committee prior to any further approvals being given.