Issue - meetings

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

The report provides an update on progress in respect to road safety on the report. The report also requests the Committee to comment on the proposals regarding the capital programme of improvements around the identified priority schools and to review and comment on the use of mobile camera car enforcement.   

The Scrutiny Committee are invited to consider and comment on the report.

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

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing a further update on progress and requesting the Committee to comment on the proposals regarding the capital programme of improvements around the identify priority schools and on the use of the mobile camera car for enforcement purposes.

The Cabinet Member for Education answered Councillors questions in relation to the report.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         Twelve schools ahd undertook the Eagle Eye programme in the last academic year with 2,287 pupils participating. Outside of the programme, individual sessions were delivered at a further ten schools and a similar programme of activity for this academic year had commenced.

·         The Council has also lauched a year long PR campaign to tacckle illegal and inconsiderate parking to improve road safety around schools. Councillors requested a detailed breakdown for where the 227 parking tickets had been issued in 2017.

·         The Committee welcomed the fact that the Council was working woith TfGM as part of the School Streets pilot project, a scheme which has previously been trialled successfully in Edinburgh.

·         Councillors discussed the benefits of walking to school both in terms of the health benefits but also for reducing the number of vehicles on the road. A number of schools had received assistance in setting up a park and stride scheme.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted and the report be referred to Area Committees for considered

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

Following an update report submitted to both Children and Young People’s and Environment and Economy Scrutiny committees in March 2017, work has continued to progress the Council’s programme of activity to improve road safety outside schools across the borough. The purpose of this report is to provide a further update on progress

The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to review and comment on the report and the proposals regarding the capital programme of improvements around the identified priority schools, and review and comment on the use of mobile camera car enforcement.   

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

The Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update on work to progress the Council’s programme of activity to improve road safety outside schools across the borough.

The Cabinet Member for Communities and Housing (Councillor Sheila Bailey) attended the meeting to present the report and respond to councillors’ questions.

It was commented that a report had been circulated to all area committees requesting the use of their Delegated Budgets for the provision of a speed indication device for use solely within their respective areas as a means of improving road safety in the vicinity of schools.

RESOLVED – That the proposals regarding the capital programme of improvements around the identified priority schools be welcomed and endorsed.